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A History of the County of Gloucester
… town's situation near places at which it was possible to cross the rivers, especially the Avon, but also the Swilgate … the reason why it did not pass through the town and either cross the Severn or defend the much better defensive position …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… seal in use in the reign of Charles II, with an engrailed cross in the centre and the legend SIGILLUM OFFICII BURGI DE … similar device and legend. Borough of Tewkesbury. Gules a cross engrailed or, on a chief per pale argent and gules a … presentation of the arms by Sir George Dowty [1964]. The cross engrailed that is associated with the abbey is believed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Mechanics' Institute. 4 The library was at the Cross, between High Street and Barton Street, 5 and the … area extended under the solar in No. 82 as far as the cross-passage from the street to the back; the occurrence of … them, Nos. 11718 High Street had the solar in the jettied cross-wing on the south and the hall, with low side walls and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… between 1066 and 1086. 7 At the junction stood the High Cross, made of stone; 8 it was recorded in 1540, 9 and … stone being used to repair the Long Bridge. 10 The High Cross was evidently a simple cross, distinct from the two buildings called the Tolbooth …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… John Gregory granted the right of presentation to Henry Cross, who conveyed it to John Rusden in the following year. … Its position, close to the point where the main streets cross in the centre of the town, and its invocation suggest … Skermer, op. cit. 27. Field, op. cit. 18. The adjacent Cross Keys Inn is a reminiscence of it. See Hist. MSS. Com. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Blackstone, 17 one passing from Streatley northward to cross the Thames at Shillingford, the other from Nuffield …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and the altar remade, and various books, a pyx, a Lenten cross, and a painting were among other things bought. In … octagonal column, and the floor above is carried by simple cross-ribbed vaulting on massive piers with scalloped … in 1562 when it is first mentioned in the accounts, and a cross stood in the churchyard. 83 When a brief was issued in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 144-5; D. F. Allen, Cat. of Eng. Coins in Brit. Mus., Cross-and-Crosslets ( 'Tealby') type of Hen. II, p. clxv; W. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… although they were not a completely representative cross-section of the community. An analysis of members of the … (before 1554 the Wednesday) market be held at the High Cross and surrounding streets until it was abolished before 1683. 33 Butter and cheese were to be sold at the cross itself, wheat in Castle Street, barley in Church …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the main lines from the top of Sheep Street to the High Cross and from Jury Street House to the west end of High … 25 The highlight of this planning was the scheme for the cross roads at the centre of the town. The houses at three of … of the empty plots was causing obstruction. 37 The High Cross was temporarily removed at the same time. 38 The …