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The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … know not what became of it immediately after Lady Hastings's death. Philipott says, that the Boughtons sold it to the … Henry VIII. granted a capital messuage, with a garden and wharf belonging to it, in Woolwich, to Sir Martin Bowes 27; …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was … the parish c. 1807 and was opened fully in 1810. 6 A wharf, a lock, and a lock keeper's house were built immediately south of the village, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … in 1304, with a fair on the festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… he being bound to keep the peace by the said James Eckley's false information (as we beleive) [illegible] [illegible] … Thomas Beale Richard Fisher John Moore Thomas Clarke Paul Thackwell William [South?] Edmund Wodley Edward Tomkins … (of the said parish) do sell ale and cyder upon the Lord's day, and at other unseasonable times; by which means some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormbridge 72 WORMBRIDGE (C.c.). (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLIV, N.E., (b)XLV, N.W.) Wormbridge is a small parish, 8 m. S.W. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. … small panels with figures of saints, including Peter, Paul, Edmund the king, Catherine, an apostle ?, Stephen and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. WORMINGHALL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxi. N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … neighbouring collieries. Worth, or Word (St. Peter And St. Paul) WORTH, or Word ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union and hundred of Eastry, lathe of …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … added two altars to the church, one dedicated to St. Paul and the other to the Martyrs and the Cross. The first … in the figure of Christ relics of the apostles Peter, Paul, and Matthew and several early martyrs; another …
A History of the County of Sussex
… when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … been closed by 1972. 94 The chapel, later church, of ST. PAUL 95 was designed by J. B. Rebecca, and the interior was … of Chichester was apparently altered by the curate of St. Paul's, as a result of strong criticism by the Cambridge …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … containing 98 inhabitants. Wramplingham (St. Peter and St. Paul) WRAMPLINGHAM ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Forehoe, …