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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. Further E. the land falls and the Chalk is soon overlain by Reading Beds and London Clays which give rise to a well-wooded area, at … pedimented front embellished with the Seymour arms and a bell-turret, built c. 1710 by Mr. Seymour 'of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … The church is in the early decorated style, with a bell-gable, and affords accommodation to nearly 400 persons: …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote Church CHURCH. There was a church in 1086, 77 and by the mid 1220s the benefice was a rectory. 78 From 1958 … vestry and nave with south porch; there is a shingled bell turret with broach spire. The building owes much of its … roof. The steeple mentioned in 1685 30 was probably the bell turret with pyramidal cap depicted in 1777 and later. 31 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ft. along the Frome. The S. half is all on Bagshot Beds and Plateau Gravel and is partly heathland while the N. is largely on a wide … that in the nave; in the N. wall is a plain loop. Fittings Bell: one, by Thomas Purdue, of 1693. Coffin and Coffin-lid: …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … maps, 1863, 1898. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 841; for the bell tower mentioned there, below, Church. Boro. Mun. 83/1, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1488). 77 In 1551 the corporation bought the chantry house and undertook to use it for three or four almsmen, but the site was later found inconvenient and in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town … house and endowments for schools, sermons, and a curfew bell. 24 Although until the mid 19th century the corporation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … in the south aisle is probably also 13th-century. A bell tower mentioned in 1279 76 stood on the north side of … alderman, left £ 2 to the corporation to buy a new bell. 29 Bells were cast or repaired by Abraham More of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is … specialist curers were recorded before the 19th century. A bell foundry was established in Woodstock in the 1620s by … Keene (d. 1654), perhaps in 1628 when he agreed to cast a bell in part payment for his freedom of the borough. 53 He …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a … over his ordination. 30 The last master, the Revd. James Bell, was appointed in 1880, and the school was probably … closed by 1901 when the Charity Commissioners sanctioned Bell's retirement and ordered the school's income to be …