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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 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 Isle and Holland, stretching … and Desirée, was knighted in company with Edward Prince of Wales (1306). His son Sir John I fought at Crécy and took …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were … brass in Upwell Church. Bell's Gazetteer of Engl. & Wales, 1837. 4 & 5 Vic., c. xvi. Award at County Hall, March. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… above, seems to have been the outbreak of plague. In December 1584 a balance of 11 s. 6 d. was allowed to John Robynson 'collector' for his pains in collecting money during the previous six weeks 'to be payd … 9 (average) as compared with 20 per 1,000 in England and Wales as a whole. For the cholera year (1849) the Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Holy Trinity Guild exists. 41 The Trinity is treated in an unusual manner, with the three Persons standing half length holding up the hand in benediction, on a castle with water underneath. The common … iv, 523. C. W. Scott-Giles, Civic Heraldry of Engl. and Wales, 278-9. B.M. Cat. Seals, ii, 214. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the … the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with … during the 16th and early 17th century, particularly from Wales and the west, is suggested by new surnames and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a … west Oxfordshire, its population rising from under 4,000 in the 1930s to over 20,000 by the end of the 20th century. 2 … from the surrounding countryside and, apparently, from Wales and the west; 39 the parish reportedly contained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 … manorial and (possibly) town quarries were recorded in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of Witney, who worked at … bishop accounted for expenses of knights going to and from Wales in 121112, 276 and rent lost from a freehold held by …
A History of the County of Essex
… apparently remained comparatively small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of the manor was the only large … accts. Ibid. D/DHt M88. E. Miller, Agric. Hist. Eng. and Wales, iii. 59. V.C.H. Essex, i. 51718; E.R.O., T/B 122; Cal. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wollaston (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of … the livings of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the … Charles I., accompanied by his sons, Charles, Prince of Wales, and James, Duke of York, visited Wolverhampton, where …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the bishop's ordinary jurisdiction. 50 It was evidently in the Crown's patronage until the earlier 17th century. … was acquired by the Charltons with the impropriate tithes. In 1621 Francis Charlton still owed the Crown the 'king's … of the vicar of Shifnal; Roberts, however, had moved to Wales and the one Sunday service there was then taken by …