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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, … vicinity of this town; in which, according to Burnet's History of his own Times, was shed the first blood in the … White's charity, for loans without interest to young tradesmen. The poor-law union of Winchester comprises 33 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in his reign, characteristically ignoring his predecessor's charter, doubled the number of days allowed by his … year 1162 we have a hint of the extension of the bishop's fair from the crest of St. Giles Down toward the Eastgate … see are recorded to have reached the great sum of 146 8 s. 7 d. It is doubtful whether at any later period they …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… purposes; the Cathedral Close as well as St. Mary's College and Wolvesey Palace (previously extra-parochial) … boundary to include on the north, part of Abbot's Barton, which was added to the parish of St. Bartholomew … Westgate, another outside Northgate, another (the bishop's liberty of the soke) outside Eastgate. The existing streets …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester St Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the … Alexander Barclay about 1502 (ed. A. W. Pollard, Roxburgh Club), are some verses of advice to servants, which begin: If …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… description of this church by Wolstan, printed in Mabillon's Acta Sanctorum, is unfortunately very obscure, but the … buried there in 1069. But the duration of St. Athelwold's building was short. In 1079 Walkelin the first Norman … The Saxon church was abandoned on 8 April, St. Swithun's shrine was removed to the new church on 15 July, and on the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the triforium. With the exception of Butterfield's restoration, no change has taken place since the 15th … the triforium windows, probably indicates John de Campeden's work in the 14th century, and the present roof line dates from Cardinal Beaufort's rebuilding of the hospital. The nave is of three bays with …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 'for the liveries of Nicholas the keeper of the king's house at Windsor.' The existence of a chapel within the … the first seven years nothing was done, but the chaplain's pay of a penny a day points to the maintenance of the … the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson in Journ. of the Brit. Arch. Assoc. xxiii, 25668. Above the chapel, one over the other, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Archbishop of Canterbury, who to the Bishop of Salisbury's claim that Windsor Castle was in his diocese successfully … 11267, when David, King of Scotland, came here as Henry's guest. King David swore allegiance to the Empress Maud as … the governor, Venn, was employed convoying ammunition in rowing boats up the river to Reading. 301 In January 16445 a …
A Dictionary of London
… century. Name derived from owner or builder. Winkworth's Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41, on the … maps. Winorh Marichirehe See Mary (St.) Woolnoth. Winston's Court See Vincent's Court. Winter's (Sir William) House See Mary (St.) de …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Easter Book probably of the 1550s was 84. 2 The township's population in 1801 was 309, rising to 357 by 1821, falling … Centre was opened there in 1990. 8 Winshill tennis club, in existence by 1912, opened courts on the south side … inf. from Mr. S. Matthews, secretary of Burton district assoc. of Oddfellows. Staffs. Advertiser, 27 Feb. 1869, p. 7; …