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Alumni Oxonienses
… 1614, of Lincoln's Inn 1621, rector of Lydlinch 1609, and vicar of Fordington, (both) Dorset, 1609, rector of East … of Lincoln 1624, rector of Nutfield, Surrey, 1627-34, and of Foots Cray, Kent, 1633. See Foster's Index Eccl. … founded by Oliver in 1657, teacher in mathematics and navigation in Christ Church hospital, London, F.R.S. and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, … centre of the county from west to east, and connects the navigation of the Lower Avon with that of the Kennet and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S.E., north-westwards to Cranborne Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the R. Crane which flow through broad, open valleys between 400 ft. and 180 ft. above O.D.; the S.E. part, a well-wooded …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … affords the usual plentiful springs of water. Both Wimpole and Orwell have gained territorially from the disappearance …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land consisting of isolated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … from William Rufus the grant of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on the Eastern hill of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present … borough of Winchester lay within the walls, but the east and west sokes, or suburbs, which entirely surrounded it, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 2 the site of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest …
Survey of London Monograph
… 930), but since then the succession has been maintained and Windsor is now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: … news of the battle of Auray, fought on 29 September 1364, and whom King Edward forthwith appointed Windsor herald ( … confirmed 1379, pat. 3 Ric. II, p. 1, m. 10, 3 August, and payment recorded in Issue Rolls passim down to Easter, 3 …