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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 35 S.W., bTL 35 S.E., cTL 34 N.W., dTL 34 N.E.) The parish of Wimpole, 2468 acres in extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of … variation from boulder clay in the N., where it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to … inlay, with mutilated prayer scroll, picture of Virgin and Child enthroned and inscription panel with six lines of Latin …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at … interlock with Charlton Musgrove and Shepton Montague in a manner which suggests that, like them, it was formerly part … royal crest commemorating the visit of Queen Victoria as a child. 34 The White Horse, rebuilt in 1733 35 by Ireson, has …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city … of St. Mary, founded by William of Wykeham in 1387 on a site bought of the Prior and convent of St. Swithun, … in a niche is the figure of the Virgin, crowned, with the Child in her arms. On the ground floor is the porter's lodge. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … The work at the castle was advanced enough for its use as a royal residence before the end of the 11th century, and … at Windsor. The Duke of Gloucester, their only surviving child, was installed a knight of the Garter in 1696, though …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Laurence, stands in the middle of the town, and is … are of squared stones laid in courses; the chancel has a modern E. gable of timber and plaster. The roofs of the … surrounding N. doorway, of St. Christopher with the Christ Child, fragment of inscription over figures, late …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… CAME (7088) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 68 NE, bSY 78 NW) The parish of Winterborne Came, covering some 1,560 acres immediately … Winterborne, and slopes up onto the S. Dorset Ridgeway to a height of nearly 500 ft. It is almost entirely on Chalk. … two brass plates, one with kneeling figures of woman and child with inscription, second with achievement-of-arms of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, … Colvile had died in 1699 leaving Susan, his only surviving child, who had married as her first husband Robert Barker. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … are absolutely continuous, so that it is impossible for a stranger to tell where one ends and the other begins. … (2) hand holding cup, (3) shield of Ely, (4) Virgin and Child and two other figures, (5) St. Edward the Confessor, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … by the fact that the parish boundary stops more than a mile short of the 'Roman Bank' which bounds all the other … these primary schools were to receive 2 d. a week for each child from the appropriated charities, and 1 d. a week from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … at its widest point. The ancient parish comprised 2,842 a. Buncton chapelry, a detached portion of Ashington parish … (d. 1426), 14 a possibly contemporary stone effigy of a child within an ogee arch, and figures from destroyed …