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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… DURHAM, a city, the capital of the county of Durham, and the head of a union, 67 miles (E. S. E.) from Carlisle, … 87 (N. E.) from Lancaster, 67 (N. W. by W.) from York, and 259 (N. W.) from London; containing 14,151 inhabitants. … is probably derived from the Saxon words, Dun, a hill, and Holme, a river island; being descriptive of its situation …
A History of the County of Durham
… Durham Churches and advowsons CHURCHES The church of ST. NICHOLAS stands on … in 18578. It consists of a short chancel, nave with north and south aisles, and tower at the west end of the south aisle forming the …
A History of the County of Durham
… 129 ft. 5 in. long internally from north to south and 34 ft. 2 in. wide, Aisled Quire of five bays, North and South Transepts, each of four bays in length, with … aisle, Central Tower, Nave of eight bays, with North and South Aisles terminating at the west with Towers …
A History of the County of Durham
… on the south side of the church around the cloister and follow the usual arrangement of the Benedictine plan, with the chapter house in the east range and the frater on the south. The dorter, too, was originally … fact that the river forms the western boundary of the site and affords special convenience for drainage, and also …
Survey of London
… of the house. The beautiful "Cathedral of the Waters" and the bishop's palace at Salisbury are sufficient evidence that he was a great builder and it is more than probable that Durham Place owed its … used for the ceremony of the creation of Knights of the Bath. 291 In 1619 Sir Thomas Wilson wrote that the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Durleigh Church CHURCH. The plan of the church and the record of a chaplain show that it existed in the 12th … Gooding. Gooding transferred his interest in 1913 to the Bath and Wells Diocesan Trust, which in turn passed the patronage to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… for 3 ploughteams: the demesne had 1¾ virgate with 1 team and the tenants, enumerated as 4 villani, 2 bordars, and 3 servi, had the rest of the land and 2 teams. The three … 1982. P.R.O., C 140/4, no. 34. Hist. MSS. Com. 58, Bath, iv, p. 339; below, Bridgwater, manors. Cal. Pat. 1553, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Durleigh Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Alsi had in 1066 an estate called DURLEIGH … in 1542 leased the rectory to John Bourchier, earl of Bath. It was sublet to William Blanchflower and later to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… borough, lay partly on the south slope of the South Downs and partly on the coastal plain. Like Heene, it was a … 900 a. In 1902 it was augmented by parts of Broadwater and West Tarring, the latter including Salvington hamlet, and the enlarged parish was added to Worthing in 1929. 56 The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… oval in shape, it measures 2.4 km. from east to west and 1.5 km. from north to south at its widest point. A … km. beyond the eastern boundary in North moor between Lyng and North Petherton and known as Priestwood (32 a.), was transferred to Lyng in …