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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Mr. R. E. Sandell Mr. M. J. Lansdown Representing the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society The Revd. Canon W. J. Cratchley Representing the …
The Environs of London
… WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. I have seen ancient records in … deposited in the Augmentation-office. It was read at the Society of Antiquaries in the month of Novembe last, and is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at … the George, opened c. 1837. 70 The Wincanton Temperance Society, formed in 1844, had a library and held a free night … in 1878 in the temperance hotel. 73 The Wincanton friendly society was founded in 1773 and met at the Trooper inn. 74 It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … in 1835. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, and Independents; also a national school. … St. Swithin, was, upon the establishment of the present society by Henry VIII., dedicated to the Holy and Undivided …
Survey of London
… HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his … In 1943 Mr. Sidney Toy, of the Surrey Archaeological Society, obtained permission to remove the brickwork with … Fabyan's Chronicle, 1559. Diary of Henry Machyn, Camden Society Publications, vol. 42. W. Young, History of Dulwich …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after … of 10 each in the Winchester Cottage and Improvement Society bequeathed in 1877 by John Desborough Walford. By … of 10 each in the Winchester Cottage and Improvement Society, the income of which is by schemes of 1879 and 1894 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by small craft to the foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of custom, quickened later by all the demands of a capital …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… ABBEY Winchester: Hyde Abbey Gateway In the most northerly of the old suburbs of the city, St. Bartholomew, Hyde Street, … afterwards banded themselves together and formed a society for the relief of the distressed widows and orphans … victims of the plague. This has continued as the Natives' Society. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads … it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present area of the city is 1,906 acres, that within its ancient walls …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city is the College of St. Mary, founded by … through the chapel, the final resting-place of the society. In this state they remained for a century and a-half …