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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wigan; containing 681 inhabitants. At the period of the Conquest, Uctred, a Saxon, held Wibaldeslei; and in the reign …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… importance for the retention of the three quoins of a pre-Conquest nave and the contemporary carved angel, formerly … ft. by 16 ft.) has at the S.E., N.W., and S.W. corners pre-Conquest quoins of large stones, alternately tall and short …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… act. The church is a neat edifice, chiefly in the Norman style, and consists of a nave, aisles, and chancel, … The church, a spacious cruciform structure in the Norman and early English styles, with a tower, was greatly … of various ages, and evidently existed before the Conquest. The nave is separated from the aisles by five …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the main river that goeth to Elm and to Wisbece." In the Norman survey it is mentioned under the same appellation, … the vicar's 51. The church is a spacious structure, partly Norman, but chiefly in the decorated. English style, with a … respective aisles by low massive pillars and circular Norman arches; the north aisle of the chancel is in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to have been occupied by him. On the death of his sister Conquest Mayhew in 1762 the house and much other property was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… County Churches, ii, 106, that the chapel was chiefly of Norman date. 9 & 10 Vic. c. 7. The delay in implementing the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… that the market may have been established before the Conquest. A definite indication of the growth of commercial …
A History of the County of Sussex
… late 18th century and the former survived in 1852. 16 The Norman font is square and of Sussex marble. Medieval wall …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… workers' cottages date from c. 1920. MANOR. Before the Conquest, WISTOW was held by two Saxon freemen, Edwin and … There had been 8 ploughs in use in Wistow before the Conquest but this number had been reduced to 6 by 1086. … son of Meriet. The whole of his possessions passed at the Conquest to Robert de Vescy, who held Newton Harcourt in …