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Survey of London
… House and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the … Bishop of Winchester and his successors a stretch of land in Southwark extending from the precincts of St. Mary's … jurisdiction, became known as the Bishop of Winchester's (or later the Clink) Liberty. Plots of ground along Bankside …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the remains of Hyde Abbey, consists of chancel 28 ft. 1 in. by 18 ft. 4 in., small north vestry, north chapel 23 ft. 5 in. by 14 ft. … the north, now blocked up, with shafted jambs of late 13th or early 14th-century date, now much defaced and only visible …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Henry I extended the fair-time for a further five days in exchange for lands taken from the bishopric. Stephen 1 granted six days more and Henry Plantagenet early 2 in his reign, characteristically ignoring his predecessor's … of sixteen days, though frequently increased to twenty or twenty-four by temporary grants 3 and often in practice …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of … was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great, in A.D. 856 1 there is no authentic evidence of its existence … organization. Whether the gild merchant existed before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor of Clewer, … no grounds for assuming it to be older than the Conquest or that any part of it occupies the site of defensive …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… as to the early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, … the Confessor had granted Windsor with 20 hides of land in the neighbourhood to the monastery of St. Peter at … 39 and it is not possible to decide whether Windsor Castle or Corfe Castle was the scene of the tragedy. On the whole it …
Survey of London Monograph
… if, as seems probable, 'Andrew Windsor Norroy' who occurs in 1338 was Windsor herald the institution antedates the … years. Other writers date the institution of the office in 1364, when the pursuivant who brought King Edward news of … title has not been met (outside Lant) from 1380 to 1418 or 1419 when Windsor was sent to the Duke of Brittany …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Charities for the poor Almshouses for five women built in Hawfield Lane in 1887 were endowed by William Wardle of Winshill (d. 1889). … 14 Of red brick with stone dressings, the houses are in a single one-storeyed block with a projecting gabled front …
A History of the County of Stafford
… side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th century from a secluded settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in Burton. Later in the century middle-class houses were … 18th century. 7 The woodland was felled in the late 18th or earlier 19th century, the only new planting being Waterloo …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of … (All Saints) WINTERINGHAM ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, N. division of the wapentake … It comprises 3383 acres, of which 1800 are common or waste: the village is large, and the houses are well built …