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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Edmund) BROMESWELL ( St. Edmund), a parish, in the union of Woodbridge, hundred of Wilford, E. division of … 200 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1700 acres, the soil of which is various, but generally fertile. The … to each of whom he assigned 20 per annum, and to a chaplain 50. This endowment has been augmented by many …
The Environs of London
… This place is supposed to have derived its name from the Saxon words Brom-leag, signifying a field or heath where broom grows; the great quantity of that plant on all the waste places near … 22, curate of Bromley, rector of Woolwich, and 40 years chaplain of Warner's College, 1739; Abigail, his wife, …
Survey of London
… Bromley Hall IV.BROMLEY HALL (THE MANOR HOUSE OF THE LOWER MANOR). Ground Landlord, Leaseholders, &c. The … They in 1606 conveyed it to Arthur, afterwards Sir Arthur, Ingram, and from him it reverted to the Crown. It then passed …
The Environs of London
… Brambele, Brambelegh, or Brembeley.Newcourt supposes the name to be derived from brom, broom, and leag or lege, a field, or perhaps from the river Lea, near whose banks it lies 1. I think it more … Hugh and John Hare, to alien the same premises to Arthur Ingram and his heirs 10. Soon after this the manor seems to …
Survey of London
… Road North side CHAPTER III - Brompton Road, North Side On the north side of Brompton Road, the modern borough of Kensington now stretches no further … ground was promptly paled in and given new gates, and a chaplain was appointed at 20 per annum to bury the dead. But …
A History of the County of Somerset
… CHURCH. There was probably a church at Broomfield in the late 11th century. 75 Maud Arundel, wife of Gerbert de … gave Broomfield church to Wells cathedral c. 1175 at the request of Bishop Reginald to endow a prebend. 76 In the … chaplains. 1 In 1450 there was also an anniversary chaplain 2 and an endowed light in 1547. 3 In the later 16th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Broomhill - Brougham Broomhill BROOMHILL, in the union of Rye, partly in the hundred of Goldspur, liberty of Winchelsea, rape of Hastings, county of Sussex, but chiefly in the hundred of Langport, liberty of Romney-Marsh, lathe of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Broseley BROSELEY The name Broseley probably means 'woodland clearing of the fort guardian', and much of Broseley remained wooded in … 22 In the Middle Ages the priest was sometimes called chaplain, sometimes rector. The benefice did not then include …
Broughton Poggs Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… BROUGHTON POGGS PARISH Until 20th-century boundary changes the small parish of Broughton Poggs 1 occupied a thin sliver of land between Broadwell, Langford, and the county boundary, stretching for three miles (5 km) from … donated a small metal wafer-box which he had used as a chaplain on the battlefields of the First World War. 6 Other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brownsea - Brushford Brownsea BROWNSEA, an island, in the parish of Studland union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred … 70 inhabitants. Brownsover BROWNSOVER, a chapelry, in the parish of Clifton, union of Rugby, Rugby division of the hundred of Knightlow, N. division of the county of …