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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 hundred, and is situated about seven miles from Hyde-park-corner, …
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 rises across London Clay and Bagshot Beds to over 200 ft. Before 1894 the parish of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S.E., north-westwards to Cranborne Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the R. Crane which flow through broad, open valleys … of the arms of the 2nd earl (Ashley-Cooper impaling Manners). (26) Woodlands Gate Farm (04870936), house, of two …
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 … and in 1576 the Crown let the forfeited property to Roger Manners for the same fee farm rent. 69 By 1581 the tithes had …
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 … which is an alabaster monument to the memory of Sir George Manners, Lord Roos, and Lady Anne his wife, niece to Edward …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … from William Rufus the grant of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on the Eastern hill of …
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 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the fortified castle of Henry of Blois. The ruins and the later 17th-century palace (now used as a church house) and the adjoining chapel lying immediately south-east of the … by a footpath through the Close leading by the Deanery and Cheyney Court (see supra) to the Close gate and so out of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … alabaster tomb with fine recumbent effigies of Sir George Manners, Lord Roos, who died in 1513, and his wife, the lady …