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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 782 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Bath to Exeter, and comprises 2500 acres, of which 181 are …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and estates by his son William, who was made Knight of the Bath at the coronation of James I., and by Charles I. created … pillars, and was then much resorted to as a cold bath. Adjoining the well are the ruins of a cruciform chapel, … correct pointed design, executed by Jones, of Chester, in Bath stone. Elihu Yale also gave to the church a painting of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which comes up to the town, affording a communication with Bath, Bristol, and London. The Great Western railway passes …
A History of the County of Essex
… iv. 235; Acts of P.C. 16235, 268; Hist. MSS. Com. 58, Bath ( Harley), ii, p. 68. E 179/246/22. Supplement du …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chosen annually at the manorial court of the Marquess of Bath. The countysessions of the peace for the summer quarter … was pulled down a few years since, and the Marquess of Bath erected, at his own expense, an elegant building in the … money payments. The parochial church, situated on the Bath road, near the north-western extremity of the town, is a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and east of Norridge Woods from near Bugley across the Bath road to the Westbury road below Arn Hill. 46 In 1349 the … Laurence Mead. Bristol Mead lay on the stream between the Bath and Westbury roads, north of Gas House Farm; meadow land … and in the 1850's Warminster onions were well known at Bath. 63 In 1867 there were 18 market gardeners, almost all …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… gave it in prebendam to Reynold Fitz Jocelin, Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose episcopate began in 1174, and Richard I … Nicholas Avenel, lord of Furnax, disputed the Bishop of Bath and Wells's right to present, whereas Thomas Mauduit … Bishop of Durham, acted as arbitrator. The Bishop of Bath and Wells abandoned any claim to the church in return …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… replaced by the house called Southdown. Brick Hill on the Bath road was so called in the early 17th century, 59 and a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… site of the town lay on a viable route from Salisbury to Bath; there the traveller could descend from the downs and … spend a night before going on to meet the road south from Bath near Beckington. 13 Warminster seems to have owed its … was noted. 48 There were routes from Salisbury to Bath which avoided Warminster altogether, and even if the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Astley of Everleigh. 75 In 1810 Astley exchanged with Lord Bath outlying parts of the estate in Corsley and the western … Partition, Astley and Lethbridge, 1801. Ibid. Exchange, Bath and Astley, 1810. Ibid. Exchange, Astley to Temple, …