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A History of the County of Stafford
… Alstonefield Alstonefield ALSTONEFIELD THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ALSTONEFIELD The civil parish of Alstonefield is an upland … (d. 1991). 77 There was an inn called the Black Lion in the village in 1815, and it may have been the … fee there to Ranulph, earl of Chester. 65 In 1283 the king held the overlordship as part of the honor of Chester, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 5,383 a. (2,178 ha.) in area, including a detached portion of 592 a. to the south-east along the river Dove. 42 It is … north-west, and Hulme End in the south-east. The main part of the parish lies along the river Manifold, its boundary … a church and a school in 1842. 74 The present Butcher's Arms inn, so called by 1834, existed by the later 1820s. 75 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… which flows south to join the river Churnet, and two arms of Black brook which flow north and west to join the river Dane. Most of the northern boundary with Hollinsclough runs along a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… also the county boundary with Derbyshire, and tributaries of the Dove and the river Manifold form the eastern boundary … west Hollinsclough broadens out, taking in the headstream of the Manifold, which forms the boundary with Quarnford. The … button merchant in 1764, was known locally in 1772 as 'the king of the Flash', a reference to the village of that name …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ha.) in area. 65 Longnor village, which has the appearance of a small market town, stands on a saddle in the ridge which … the northwest end where by the later 1820s some land south of the river was in Derbyshire. 67 The old course of the … with ashlar quoins. The latter is an inn called the Harpur Arms in 1781 and the Crewe and Harpur Arms by 1818. There was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… land is mostly pasture. Warslow village on the east side of the parish is the main centre of population, with a … 1820s there were two other inns, the Crewe and Harpur Arms and the Red Lion, respectively west and north-east of the church. 43 They …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Althorne AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN SOUTH-EAST ESSEX. … bowl with sunk panels carved with figures( a) baptism of a king, ( b) man and woman, ( c) king and queen, ( d) seraph, ( e) two men with scrolls, ( f) …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Alton Pancras AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN CENTRAL DORSET Arranged by Parishes The group of four figures immediately following the heading of each … Hutchins. Numbers following unidentified shields-of-arms refer to their blazons, listed on p. 346. 'Celtic' Field …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Amble Alvanley ALVANLEY, a chapelry, in the parish of Frodsham, union of Runcorn, Second division of the hundred … and 10th of August. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 16. 8., and in the gift of the Bishop of … contains a full length figure of St. James, and the arms of the Lucy family; the interior of the edifice is very …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction ALVESCOT The small stone-built village of Alvescot lies 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Witney and 15 … the late 20th century from the village shop near the Red Lion inn. It became a money order and telegraph office before … Lane. 104 The later village shop, east of the former Red Lion, is dated 1812, 105 though the Red Lion itself …