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A History of the County of Hampshire
… William of Wykeham in 1387 on a site bought of the Prior and convent of St. Swithun, outside the jurisdiction of the … became in 1870 the scholars' sleeping chambers and bath-rooms, 'Fourth' being now a change room. Middle Gate … the kitchen, formerly with a projecting conduit or covered bath-room, now marked only by a tap and a stone trough. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. Birinus … the church seems to have been finished by Bishop Elphege and to have had a central tower, north and south aisles, … work to about 1502, of Bishop Fox impaled by the sees of Bath and Wells, Exeter, the arms of these sees separately, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The … the queen's drawing room, bedrooms, dressing rooms, bath, &c.; His Majesty's ante-room, bedroom, writing room, … by Chantrey of George IV as Sovereign of the order of the Bath. About the staircase are arranged various armed figures …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 2 the site of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest …
Survey of London Monograph
… 930), but since then the succession has been maintained and Windsor is now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: … missions to Cassel 1786 and Vienna 1814; 17861812 Deputy Bath King of Arms; F.S.A. 21 June 1787; 17878 copied 16826 … F.S.A. 1927; Windsor 1931; Genealogist of the Order of the Bath 1930 and of the Royal Victorian Order 1938. Citizen and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … Trevelyan, Esq., soon after its discovery, erected a large bath of stone, and conveyed to it the water from the spring, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The whole of the S. two-thirds of the parish is on Chalk and slopes gently N. from about 500 ft. to 150 ft. above O.D. … N. Beyond the Chalk are narrow outcrops of Reading Beds and London Clay which in turn give way to extensive heathland … on oval grey veined marble backing, signed T. King ft., Bath; (5) to James Scott, 1836, white marble tablet on black …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING … village; the walls are of limestone rubble, with dressings and detail of stone and clunch. The roofs are covered with … (see Plate, p. 43) of Sir William Dormer, Knight of the Bath, Lord of the Manor of Wing, 1575, and his second wife, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Winchester, hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, of a mile (N. … This is a small parish, north of the road to Alresford, and east of the river Itchin.See Winchester. Winnersh … at 14. 13. 4.; net income, 287; patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells; impropriator, H. H. Henley, Esq.: the great …
A History of the County of Stafford
… within Holy Trinity ecclesiastical parish in 1867 and covering the whole of Winshill. 12 Because it was still … into Derby diocese. 13 John Gretton was named the patron, and the patronage has remained in his family. 14 Gretton also … and rendered internally with plaster and dressings of Bath stone, the nave arcades have chamfered orders of red …