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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… chamfered and the outer plain and with a chamfered label; on the W. jamb is a small cross of uncertain date, and in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… in. (a)xviii. N.W. (b)xviii. S.W.) Wormingford is a parish on the right bank of the Stour, 6 m. N.W. of Colchester. The … a cross-wing at the E. end. There are modern additions on the E. and W. The upper storey projects at the N. end of … with panelling of the same date. In the wall between the main block and the staircase are remains of an original …
A History of the County of Essex
… pasture, and 20 a. of meadow. 51 Mixed farming was carried on at Bowdens farm beside the Stour in the 16th century. 52 … 55 The prioress and nuns still exacted carrying services on foot to and from Wormingford at their manor of Wix c. … and vicarage. 64 Between 1066 and 1086 the value of the main manor increased from £4 to £6, while the value of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of … to that parish in 1889. 35 Most of the parish lies on a relatively high plain which drains northwards to the … of 12 a. is a natural feature formed by the Stour. 37 The main road from Colchester to Bures and Sudbury runs from …
A History of the County of Essex
… was held of the barony of Stansted Mountfichet. In 1267 on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de … moulded decoration inside and out. Much of it was added on old or introduced timber by S. J. Tufnell in the mid 20th … was refitted. More alterations, including the present main staircase, were undertaken in the earlier 19th century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… to the rood-loft; there is a patch of later masonry on the external face of the wall at this point, and … In the W. wall is a 13th-century lancet-window, and on the gable is a stone bell-cote with two trefoil-headed … with a cross-wing at the S. end. The S. part of the main block seems to have formed a hall, subsequently divided …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remains of a Roman tessellated pavement were discovered on Broad-street common: the building of which it formed the … was divided into five separate apartments, with a passage on the western side extending through the whole length; the … of twelve miles from the church, is pleasantly situated on the Tees. It comprises 1505 a. 1 r. 10 p. The surface is …
A History of the County of York
… battle of Hatfield only James the Deacon remained to carry on the Roman tradition in the north but he has no known … north and south transepts with one, or perhaps two apses on their eastern sides, a central tower and an apse-ended … had a square-ended processional ambulatory within the main structure as at Jervaulx and Romsey; there were also …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… below which is the wooded valley of the E. Corfe river on Wealden Beds around 150 ft. above O.D. As elsewhere in … marked by continuous lines of field walls and hedges. On the high limestone tableland are Renscombe Farm, Weston … finishing in doorjambs indicating a through passage. The main part of the present house is a small 18th-century …
A History of the County of Sussex
… century the shingle bar was apparently driven gradually on shore, causing the common to be eroded away. Erosion had … As the bar approached the mainland it created a backwater on the beach, about which visitors to the resort complained, … genteel company. 30 The opening of the new water-works and main sewer during the 1850s had an immediate beneficial …