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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the … the king's demesne in the time of Edward the Confessor, 'for the king wished to have thence the full amount that King …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in … formerly belonged to Harold the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … in Battersea. 4 The work at the castle was advanced enough for its use as a royal residence before the end of the 11th … order of the Garter, who each presented one knight at the institution of that foundation. 554 In 1373 the king ratified …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of the Order of the Garter, but if, as seems … Windsor Norroy' who occurs in 1338 was Windsor herald the institution antedates the Order by some years. Other writers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. … of Sir Robert Hildyard. The celebrated Andrew Marvel, M.P. for Hull in the time of Charles II., was born here, March … the town was granted to them by Adam Tyson, soon after the institution of the order; and Henry Hosatus gave the church …
A History of the County of Stafford
… church Although Winshill was in Derbyshire, it was part of Burton parish by the earlier 16th century, presumably because it was also a … school children. 11 A church dedicated to St. Mark, paid for by the brewer John Gretton of Bladon House (d. 1867), was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Introduction Introduction Lying on what was formerly the Derbyshire side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th … settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in Burton. Later in the century middle-class …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Winshill Other churches Other churches The four people in Winshill who were presented in 1668 for not coming to church may have been followers of the Presbyterian Thomas Ford, who lived in Winshill and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake … by a tributary of that river. There is a place of worship for Independents. Winteringham (All Saints) WINTERINGHAM ( … their establishments in South Lancashire, before the institution of parishes. It also appears to have been the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Chapeiry of Parson Drove CHAPELRY OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, … became a separate ecclesiastical district under the Leverington Rectory Act (1870). It had long maintained its own poor, 1 and its separate existence for civil purposes was virtually recognized in 1874, when a …