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The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton … who becoming deeply involved in the unfortunate South-Sea adventure, it was again put up to sale, and purchased by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. Allen which joins the Stour in … almost entirely of flat river terraces between 60 ft. and 70 ft. above O.D., except in the N.E. where the land … the monastery is included in the life of St. Leofgyth (a friend of Boniface and abbess of Tauberbischofsheim), …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … affords the usual plentiful springs of water. Both Wimpole and Orwell have gained territorially from the disappearance …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land consisting of isolated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a … are, an ancient brass in memory of John de Campden, the friend of Wykeham; and a modern mural tablet to Wolfran …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. … the convicted citizen suffered brutal mutilation 2 and blinding. This law may well have been the Conqueror's. In … the warrant of royal charter to Wallingford, Portsmouth and possibly elsewhere. One illustration of this may be …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough … granting to the citizens of Winchester all the liberties and customs which they had enjoyed during the time of Henry …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Windermere 110 … Windermere is a large parish on the E. side of the lake and adjoining Ambleside on the S. The principal monument is … of St. Mary, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. A 14th or 15th-century …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … spent much of his time at Windsor, and the poems of his friend the Earl of Surrey contain many allusions to the time …
A History of the County of Stafford
… middle-class houses were built along the Ashby road, and there has also been extensive 20thcentury council and private housing development in the south-eastern part of … township. Winshill was a township in Burton ancient parish and later a civil parish covering 1,150 a. (465.4 ha.). 15 …