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A History of the County of Sussex
… sea-level, but rising to 120 ft. on its northern edge. The church and village lie near the centre of the western … From here a road leads south through Norton to the church, passing Limmer Pond and sending a branch eastwards by … them, in their absolute discretion for the advancement of Christ's religion in the parish according to the teaching of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… bay, which has encroached so much upon the lands that the church, said to have been formerly in the centre of the … and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, 1093. The church is supposed to have been founded by Michael le … income, 1014; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church displays the early English style in its general …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… the Northleach road was aligned on the spire of Aldsworth church, 38 a notable landmark which is also the focus for … Lord Sherborne supplied most of the village in 1920. 52 A memorial was built on the green after the First World War. 53 … 135 and was regranted in 1546 to the dean and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. 136 The rectory estate, valued at 100 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… sides were apparently filled in when the late 16th-century gardens (22) in which it lies were constructed. Medieval and … Aldwincle, lie in allotments immediately W. of All Saints' Church. Large quantities of medieval pottery, and foundations …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… farmsteads surrounded by closes between them, and church and manor house by the river Brue. ALFORD, formerly … occupation by the Back brook in the south. 14 The medieval church and manor house lay near the Brue in the north. The … church, and rebuilt Hornblotton. 11 There is 19th-century memorial glass to the Thrings in the south chancel windows. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is rich and fertile, and the produce of the orchards and gardens is remarkable for quality and exuberance. The … 135; impropriators, the Trustees of "Smith's Charity." The church is an ancient cruciform structure, in the decorated … glebe, including that of Fosdyke, comprises 500 acres. The church, which is partly in the Norman and partly in the early …
A History of the County of Rutland
… to the Conqueror, about the year 1050: 1 and the manor and church of Edith Weston were added to its endowments by the … residence in 1361, when he presented a clerk to the parish church. 7 But before 1394 the abbot of St. Georges obtained … Weston appeared among them. 8 From this time forward the church and manor belonged to St. Anne's. The priors of this …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to the abbey in France and endowed with the manor and church of Astley. Among the deeds of the abbey of St. … by the pope to arbitrate in a dispute between the church of Worcester and Sir Thomas Ruppe of Harvington … made by the brethren for the vicarage of the appropriated church of Astley 6 he 'asks them amiably' instead of …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the Archdeaconry of Leicester it is stated that Hinckley church was given to the Benedictine Abbey of Lire by William … Abbey of Lire (Eure). 2 It seems, however, that Hinckley church was given to Lire not by William Fitz Osbern but by … A charter granted by Henry II to Lire describes the church of Hinckley as having been given to the abbey by …
A History of the County of Bedford
… late in the reign of Henry III. 3 The dedication of the church is unknown. The prior of Leighton had a good deal of … prior of Grava' in 1259 in defence of the rights of his church ( Ann. Mon. [Rolls Series], iii. 213). The property of …