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A History of the County of Hampshire
… extended beyond the parliamentary boundary to include on the north, part of Abbot's Barton, which was added to the parish of St. Bartholomew Hyde; on the east, part of Chilcomb Without was amalgamated with the parish of Chilcomb Within; on the south, part of St. Faith Without 4 was joined to the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… reference to 'Reg. Winton', and otherwise draw heavily on Wood's Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis. … the cathedral dignitaries, major and minor, holding office on each occasion, and not merely those actually present. This …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the actual early constitution of the borough. The light on its existence that should come from the Domesday Survey is … King Edward had from it in his time.' The result shows, on the oath made by eightysix principal burgesses ( de … with his allowance of only 26 5 s. and the high price of provisions (Bk. of Ordinances, sub anno). e.g. Chamberlains' …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 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, … of 100 ft. The site is protected by easily defended slopes on the east and south, and has another slope towards the west … towards the west and was defended by banks and ditches on the south and west and by the cliff on the north; at the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had … were residing in the new castle, not in the old palace, on the occasions when their presence at Windsor is mentioned. … May, July and November 1205. 33 There are records of the provisions and wine brought by boat to the castle for the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of … found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just behind the … (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is questionable …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon … village, around the church and Leverington Hall, stands on a ridge just inside the old sea wall. There is ribbon … of his house provided he attended the parish church on Sundays and festivals. 12 It is possible that this manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Upwell has been illustrated at least twice in books on the English countryside. 5 William Watson's description, … Dean of Ely. 12 Welney, about 6 miles south of Upwell on the road to Ely, was an inhabited site in Roman times, but … screen of the hall, a porch with an upper story was added on both sides, and a bay added at the das on the front; about …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary … modern course of the River Nene. 2 The neighbouring parish on the south is Newton-in-the-Isle. The most important … e.g. the Staithe in Wisbech (now called Staithe Road) on the old sea bank. Here, at Tydd, was the outlet to the sea …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left (north-west) bank of the Nene. It appears to have … at Murrow (which gave its name to the chief manor) on the northern and Guyhirn on the southern edge of the parish, and smaller ones at …