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A History of the County of Gloucester
… the main settlement stands on a large exposure of fuller's earth 3 and the soil is stone brash resting on clay. 4 The … the northern part of the parish where it passes by Salter's hill. Ermin Street has been an important thoroughfare … which from 1856 or earlier was a public house, the New Inn, 20 until it closed in 1967. 21 East of the cottage are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne Kingston 54 WINTERBORNE KINGSTON (8697) (O.S. 6 ins. SY 89 NE, SY 89 NW, ST 80 SE) This parish has an … of the area; Turberville, to the E., is now called Abbot's Court; Muston lies still further E. and the common … the former Abbot's Court (Hutchins I, 148). The Greyhound Inn (86199782), 240 yds. N. of (1), has cob walls and tiled …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne Stickland, the Parish Church of St. Mary (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 NW, ST 80 SW) The parish, of over 2,100 … brook, which flows into the parish from the W. and turns S. at the village. The area was formerly divided into two … on the partywall serves both tenements. (13) The Crown Inn (83510467), 80 yds. N.E. of (1), is of the mid 18th …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… date a gap 130 yards wide was made, probably at Abel's Gull. Parts of the country-side were flooded to a depth of … had to sleep in a 'sad, cold, stony chamber in a miserable inn'. His visit was made in connexion with the affairs of his … in a poor way, was the husband of Jane Pepys, the diarist's aunt. 10 The inn in which the diarist lodged was the Swan …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the inclusion (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is … apart from the church, may be mentioned the Black Horse Inn, Elm House, and the Limes. The first has a tablet on the … At the later date the total rents amounted to 45 5 s. 6 d. 18 As usual in the 14th century, a decline in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… electricity transmission line from Peterborough to King's Lynn. In 1839, out of a total of 2,771 acres of land in the … of 5 acres for each commonable house. Every tenant had 1 s. for each lot added to his quit-rent. The allotments … end of the village, nearly opposite the Woodman's Arms Inn. The Free Methodist chapel, which has a Sunday school, is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the … to Hugh Counsaille and his heirs. 52 The church of ST. CLEMENT, OUTWELL, consists of chancel, north and south … trail. There are unusually short wall-posts. Plan of St. Clement's Church The nave has arcades of five bays with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at Thorney village and Wryde Croft. 7 The Rose and Crown Inn was acquired by the People's Refreshment House Association in 1899 and was one of their … 1748 shows 7 French names among the 28 jurors. 22 Gardner's Directory of 1851 23 shows a few names, such as Barron, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Tydd, has been known since the 17th century as Lady Nunn's Old Eau, from the wife of a 14th-century Tydd landowner. 1 … and their only daughter, another Anne, married (1692) Clement Boehm, a Director of the Bank of England, whose son … went to reside at Lynn. He was succeeded by his nephew Clement Boehm, and the latter, who died in 1741, by his son, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … by Edward Southwell to his wife Jane, and by her to Sir Clement Trafford of Dunton Hall, Tydd St. Mary. In 1773, when … the tenant was William Storey, it was mortgaged with Sir Clement's other property for £12,600, and sold after his …