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A History of the County of Gloucester
… or 1102 Henry I confirmed an earlier grant by Hugh de Lacy of the demesne tithes of Winstone to Gloucester Abbey. 34 The living was first … in 1949 when Winstone was joined to the united benefice of Elkstone and Syde. 37 The first recorded presentation to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… CAME (7088) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 68 NE, bSY 78 NW) The parish of Winterborne Came, covering some 1,560 acres immediately S.S.E. of Dorchester, lies across the valley of the South Winterborne, and slopes up onto the S. Dorset …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… STICKLAND (8304) Winterborne Stickland, the Parish Church of St. Mary (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 NW, ST 80 SW) The parish, of over 2,100 acres, lies entirely upon Chalk and rises to an … inscribed 'RA. TB. 1670. Henry Wolfryes John Stevens wardens', 2nd modern, 3rd inscribed 'Serve the Lord, 1622', …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a compact parish covering 1,513 acres, lies at the head of the South Winterborne valley 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, capped in places with … S. to the South Winterborne which cuts across the S. part of the parish from W.-E. The slopes are cut into by a series …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… bSY 69 SW) Winterbourne Steepleton, a rectangular parish of some 1,800 acres, lies across the valley of the South Winterborne 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, with extensive areas …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, … Bank'. The alterations made under the county Review Order of 1933 and the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by 551 acres from West Walton (Norf.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … Together they stretch about 4 miles along the old course of the Nene, and are locally considered, probably with truth, … a very large village community. In 1931 the population of the four constituent parishes was just under 5,000, though …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left (north-west) bank of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In 1275 Bishop Balsham appropriated the church of Wisbech to the prior and convent of Ely, with the rectory …