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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from … the curtains and cushions are of blue velvet with gold fringe, and on the canopies of the several stalls are …
Survey of London
… HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his successors a stretch of land in … was rychely hangyd with ryche cloth of arras wrought with gold and sylver and sylke" for the reception of John, Duke of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Churches CHURCHES The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW, near the remains of Hyde Abbey, consists of chancel 28 ft. 1 in. by 18 ft. 4 … Mary, Tanner Street; St. Mary 'de Wode'; St. Mary, near Gold Street; St. Mary de Linca Selda; St. Martin's, Parchment …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by small craft to the foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served … 72 In 11656, however, the weavers began to pay 1 mark of gold (6) 'de Gersuma pro consuetudinis libertatibus suis …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … The mayor keeps his robe and wears with it the gold chain of office presented by the citizens in 1879. 118 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of Winchester, setting aside the legends of King Lucius, may … roundels gules and a label azure with a mitre or upon each pendant. The lower parts of the north and south walls are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… S.E.) Windermere is a large parish on the E. side of the lake and adjoining Ambleside on the S. The principal … Calgarth Hall, the old parish church being in the parish of Bowness. Secular b(1). Calgarth Hall, on the E. bank of the lake nearly 1 m. N.W. of the modern church of St. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in … particular is a most valuable document, and forms a useful pendant to the large coloured drawing made by Norden in 1607 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … chapel and afterwards received as a gift from the king a gold cup adorned with pearls and with a piece of unicorn's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 88 NW) Winfrith Newburgh is a roughly rectangular parish of 5,015 acres lying across the S. edge of the S. Dorset … S.E. window, two fragments each with red rose on field of gold leaves, 15th-century. Inscription: see West Tower. … a semicircular wooden arch with lion-headed key block and pendant spans the base of the stair. N.E. of the front block …