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A History of the County of Hampshire
… It consists of a rectangular nave of five bays 110 ft. 9 in. by 28 ft. 3 in., measuring from centre to centre of the … has possibly been moved since its first erection. The hole for the ancient oak bolt may be seen in the jamb. On the … windows, and the string course at the side of the dormers for the roof which come down between them remain and are …
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. … of them. A fluted corbel on the north side of the second pillar is, however, contemporary with the old capital, as is … and carried down to the floor, a cinquefoiled niche for an image being set in the east jamb. The head of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… boroughs 1 of the 12th century, is of peculiar interest. In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and … consisted in the substitution of blinding and castration for the more usual punishment of the gallows, since none 'de nacione istius …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of … the king's demesne in the time of Edward the Confessor, 'for the king wished to have thence the full amount that King … of the peace upon one of the citizens. He was ordered in punishment to make two long mats, the one for the high bench …
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. … the completion of as much of the building as would suffice for holding services and the latter the end of the whole … part, and in 1093 it was far enough advanced to be ready for service. The Saxon church was abandoned on 8 April, St. …
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 … formerly belonged to Harold the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on … brother-in-law of King Henry VIII, and the helm on the pillar near by probably formed part of his funeral …
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, … in Battersea. 4 The work at the castle was advanced enough for its use as a royal residence before the end of the 11th … of the Witan 6 and the king and his court were there for Christmas of the same year. 7 In 1097 accident brought …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… settlements along the river, all listed as Winterbornes in Domesday Book; these were Winterborne Farringdon, now … one continuous chamfered order. On the N. side is a porch for the access of bellringers, added probably in the early … Conclusion of all things Fear God & keep his Commandments for that toucheth all men for God Judgeth all things'; side …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of … by a tributary of that river. There is a place of worship for Independents. Winteringham (All Saints) WINTERINGHAM ( … of whom, in the reign of Edward II., obtained a charter for a market here, now no longer held. The parish is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wiswell Wisbech (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of … pastures. A building, in the Doric style, was erected for literary purposes, in 1847, at a cost of 3000: it … century since, the principal articles of trade were, oil, for the preparation of which there were seven mills in the …