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A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … William, the castle was no doubt raised by his orders, 3 and from the first it has been the special stronghold of the …
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 … with an imposing retinue in a procession of thirty-six coaches, each drawn by six horses, accompanied by the lord …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The whole of the S. two-thirds of the parish is on Chalk and slopes gently N. from about 500 ft. to 150 ft. above O.D. … N. Beyond the Chalk are narrow outcrops of Reading Beds and London Clay which in turn give way to extensive heathland … S. side of tower, above lower window, stone corbel head. Chairs: in chancel, pair with tall carved backs, turned …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lies across the valley of the South Winterborne, and slopes up onto the S. Dorset Ridgeway to a height of … Winterborne Came, now only represented by Came House, and Cripton, on the site of the present Came Home Farm. Each … interest but among the fittings the monuments, chairs and screen are noteworthy. Parish Church of St. Peter, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… across the Winterborne valley at altitudes between 250 ft. and 600 ft. above sea-level; it formerly included some 60 … the river appear to represent three separate villages and manors. Philipston, in the N., lay around the present … square panels. Fittings Bell: one, by Thomas Mears, 1840. Chairs: In chancel, two, of oak, with cabriole legs and cane …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chalk, which is overlaid by extensive areas of gravels and sands in its higher parts, especially in the S. on … in the parish, Martinstown in the centre, Ashton in the E. and Rew (not recorded as such until 1283, but probably much … prehistoric earthwork in Britain. The complex structure and history of the monument, from the Neolithic to the Late …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … of the district, forms part of the boundary between Newton and Tydd on the northwest. The boundary with Leverington on the south is not so clearly defined, and the small hamlet of Fitton End lies across this boundary. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature of the Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of Ely and the prior and convent. That this separation had not taken place in … north-east corner. In the chancel are some handsome gilt chairs and a settee, all of 18thcentury date. The plate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene …