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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… history EARLY HISTORY Wilton situated at a strategic point on the river systems of southern Wiltshire 1 was an obvious … King of Wessex and the Archbishop of Canterbury made at Kingston on Thames was confirmed at Wilton, and while the great …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… III granted it to his brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall, on the occasion of his marriage, 6 and at Richard's death in 1272 it passed to his son Edmund, Earl of Cornwall. 7 On the death of the Earl of Cornwall in 1300 Wilton again … it to his sister Mary before 1313, when Nicholas of Kingston held it of her; 11 in 1315 Mary held it as she had …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… 1219 1219 21.56 391000 133000 Holt 1252 80 386100 161500 Kingston Deverill 1382 72 384600 137100 Lacock 1242 1237 120 …
The Environs of London
… is bounded by those of Merton, Wandsworth, Putney, and Kingston. In a survey of the manor, dated 1612, this parish … two of Ethelbert's generals, Oslac and Cnebba, were slain. On the same common, near the village, is a well, the water of … Progresses, vol. ii.In the churchwardens' accounts, at Kingston, is the following entry, 1599:" Paid for "mending …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The Urban District of Wimborne Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. … is not known; the earls of Leicester who held the manor of Kingston Lacy in the 12th and early 13th centuries may have … Bridge (4) is known to have been a mediaeval sub-manor of Kingston Lacy; it was called 'The Manor of the Borough', and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of Cambridge. It is bounded on the N. by the ancient track called Mare Way, on the W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either … for his Cambridgeshire estates by payment of a fine (A. Kingston, East Anglia and the Great Civil War (1897), 302). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Robert Hildyard. The celebrated Andrew Marvel, M.P. for Hull in the time of Charles II., was born here, March 31st, … remainder meadow and pasture; the soil is fertile, resting on gravel. The living is annexed to the vicarage of … 1840, is a handsome structure in the later English style. On Fernham down are several barrows, in one of which …
A Dictionary of London
… in Bread Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). Date on rain-water pipes 1726, probably date of erection. The site … Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41, on the east side of Broken Wharf (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). Not …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Northwich; containing 321 inhabitants. It is situated on the banks of the Weever, over which is a stone bridge; and … the Warburtons, was purchased, with the estate, in 1806, on the death of Richard, Lord Penrhyn (who had obtained it in … Bart., to the poor of the parishes of King'sBrompton, Kingston, and Bishop's-Lydeard, and is appropriated for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne Kingston 54 WINTERBORNE KINGSTON (8697) (O.S. 6 ins. SY 89 NE, SY 89 NW, ST 80 SE) This parish has an area of 2,559 acres and lies on both sides of the Winterborne stream, at altitudes between …