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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Schools and charities SCHOOLS The Free School was founded with a bequest of 600 to the rector and churchwardens as trustees from Walter Dyer, of Chancery … a trade or other occupation; thirdly, to supply clothes, linen, bedding, fuel, medical and other assistance in cases …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… parish which adjoins Saffron Walden on the S., and consists of a number of scattered hamlets. The principal … are the Parish Church, Tiptofts, Broad Oaks, Pinkney's, and Thunderley Hall. Ecclesiastical c (1). Parish Church of … are of coursed pebbles with dressings of grey limestone and clunch; the roofs are tiled, except that of the aisle, …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton hundred, and is situated about seven miles from Hyde-park-corner, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. Allen which joins the Stour in … almost entirely of flat river terraces between 60 ft. and 70 ft. above O.D., except in the N.E. where the land rises across London Clay and Bagshot Beds to over 200 ft. Before 1894 the parish of …
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 … 20) covered a primary cremation with remains of an urn, 'linen' cloth, a grooved bronze dagger, a bone pin and a bone …
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 … 41 but the most important occupations were wool, silk, and linen weaving. Broadweavers and woollen weavers were at work … weaver, seven other weavers, four feltmakers, and two tailors were, with a cordwainer and a baker, involved in the …
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 … the town are several gentlemen's seats. The manufacture of linen and bed-ticking was formerly carried on to a …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… gave no medicine, but cured ague by 'reading in a booke' and taking nail parings which he used to the 'help and good' of his patients. Buck, a scullion of the Lord … to be charming but whether it be physicke yt is doubted and they will take counsell upon it.' Initiator of the …