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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … one of which, formerly called the King's pit of Sheriff Hill, but now the Stormount Main colliery, has been sunk to a …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the … now covered by the Custom House. Wyeber Alley On Addle Hill (W. Stow, 1722-Rev. of London, 1728). Not named in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley Hill by 975, and southwards around Cluddley, probably by the … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above the town, affords one of the finest …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in 1086. Charlton, which had one … Basalt and granite were quarried around Leaton and Overley Hill during the 19th century. Extraction continued on a small …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of … centre, and was perhaps the site of Cynddylan's hall of Pengwern, burnt by the Mercians c. 660. 77 The … 1688, sold his interest in Wrockwardine to Richard Hill of Hawkstone, the statesman and diplomat, in 1715. 92 In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1851. United Free Methodists had a chapel at Overley Hill from 1862. It was de-registered in 1935 and demolished … Methodists also maintained connexions with St. Christopher's Hall. 57 T.S.A.S. 2nd ser. i. 83; L.J.R.O., B/A/12(i), f. 94. L.J.R.O., …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… a. Several Roman coins 1 were found in the garden of Heath Hill House (SP 18472278), mile E. of the Chessels settlement, … N. of Wyckhill House (around SP 196225); see map, p. 66, s.v. Icomb. (1) Settlement (SP 193208), Romano-British, is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wynford Eagle 99 WYNFORD EAGLE (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXX, S.W. (b)XXXIX, N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle is a parish … c(10) Celtic Field-System, on the W. slope of the hill 600 yards S.E. of the church, extending for …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… regarding liberty for building a mill on Gardyngad Hill (1446-7) XIX. Notarial Instrument, certifying the yearly … of wax to the keeper of the lights around St. Kentigern's tomb, for liberty to build a mill on the south side of … be it evidently known, that in the year of our Lord's incarnation, according to the computation of the kingdom of …