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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, distinguished by the divisions of Broad Oak and Brede High, is bounded on the south by the Brede channel, which is navigable for barges, and over which is a bridge; and is intersected in the eastern … of the county of Leicester, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Ashby-de-la-Zouch; containing 2625 inhabitants, and …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Doris M. Gill. London M.A. 1919. Members of parliament and elections in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire between 1660 and 1714. Pamela W.U. Ward. … 1954/5. The Liverpool slave trade from 1789 to 1791. J.E. Merritt. Nottingham M.A. 1959. Investment in Liverpool …
Survey of London
… Area 203. Britton Street area Britton Street was laid out and built up between 1718 and 1724, replacing gardens and small houses on the backlands … resident in the 1750s. The antiquary and clergyman George Ashby was born in the street in 1724, the son of a merchant …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 1 but in the time of the Conquerours Survey it was waste; and of William Peverells Fee here were five acres which lay … Fitz-William, which before the Conquest was Godrics, and answered the Tax for three bovats, the Land of it being … it to Thomas Smith, younger son of Sir Francis Smith, of Ashby Folevile in Leicestersbire, who builded the House, and …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Gay, Oxon; canon of Lincoln 1660-8, of Southwell 1660-4, and of Ely 1660, died 23 Feb., 1678-9, brother of Samuel … rector of Bingham, Notts, 1649, canon of Lincoln 1662, and of Southwell 1664, died 19 Jan., 1687-8, brother of Henry … Surrey, 1721, chaplain to the Bishop of Norwich, rector of Ashby with Thirne 1724, and of North Creyk, Norfolk, 1727, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… defences were very remarkable. Encircled by a broad and rapid river, which left a narrow isthmus only to defend, … in succession, the stronghold of the Roman, the Saxon, and the Norman. Coins, and other relics of their arts, attest … Loddon, Bungay, &c." Among the manuscripts of the late Mr. Ashby, now in the possession of John B. Scott, Esq., it is …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Burgh Burgh Burgh, commonly called Burgh Castle, and widely known as the reputed site of Garianonum, occupies … eddying tides, covering the present wide tract of marshes, and wrestling with the strength of the ocean. Struck with the … the Rev. Mr. Belward, Rector of Burgh Castle, and Ashby, and Perpetual Curate of Herringfleet, in Suffolk. His …
A History of the County of Stafford
… several islands, small ones in the Burton Extra stretch and larger ones near the abbey, the latter including Horse holme (on the Stapenhill side), Ox hay, Andresey, and Broad holme; the largest island, Burton meadow, was … early 14th century, 12 was a continuation of the road from Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Leics.) over Burton bridge. A bridge to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Established church ST. MODWEN AND HER CULT Modwen, an Irish abbess returning from a … Andresey, an Old English name meaning 'Andrew's isle', and to have dwelt there as an anchoress. She departed for … influence in Burton of the godly Hastings family of Ashby-de-laZouch (Leics.), earls of Huntingdon, allowed …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later parish, it seems that … refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey established a borough. … threatened early in 1538 when Francis Hastings of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Leics.), expecting its imminent …