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A Dictionary of London
… reference. Woolpack Alley See Cutler Street. Woolpack Inn On the east side of West Smithfield, towards the north. In … Stow's time (S. 243). See Worcester Place. Worcester House On the west side of Walbrook at No.6 (P.O. Directory). In … Buildings" (O.S. 1880). Worcester Place South out of Upper Thames Street at No.68 to Worcester wharf. In Vintry Ward …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 942 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was … of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th … among other causes, to its situation on the river Thames, which is here nearly three-quarters of a mile broad, …
The Environs of London
… and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 157 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Dovor, and comprises by … Woodstock; containing 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 … and in other parts of the parish, glovemaking is carried on. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands of central Oxfordshire, partly on the flat river gravels of the Thames valley, was not a distinct region; some villages …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place of strength and security. On the expulsion of that people by the Romans, it was … one of those fortresses which the praetor Ostorius erected on the banks of the Severn, to secure his conquests. Great …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… humble certificate of the parishioners of Claynes for and on the behalfe of John Wilkinson of the said parishe. Wee … Twitty John Gardner Thomas Brooke [churchwarden?] Thomas Hampton churchwarden Rolant Gardner [illegible] John Stinton …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Richard [illegible] John Plebey, Jobe Pengory and others on behalf of William Taylar. Ref.110 BA1/1/136/25 (1680) … William [Cha...?] Thomas Allen John Lampett of Great Hampton by Evesham. Ref.110 BA1/1/136/27-28 (1680) To the … of Worcester The humble petition of John Lampett of Great Hampton by Evesham Humbly sheweth That your petitioner being …