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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 6 ins. aTL 46 S.E., BTL 56 N.W., CTL 56 S.W.) (Fig. 62) The parish, of 1640 acres, has an elongated shape and is bounded on the W. by the River Cam. Its irregular southern boundary interlocks … In the N. wall are four lancets with restored trefoiled heads, original splays, chamfered rear-arches and later flat …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Horningsea HORNINGSEA The parish of Horningsea, which takes its name from the Old … the mid 1650s Horningsea and Fen Ditton fens were drained by digging a main watercourse that connected to Bottisham … 84 Ownership of the ferry descended with Eye manor, whose lord leased it with a ferryman's cottage c. 1430. 85 It was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Church CHURCH. A minster recorded at Horningsea in the early 10th century may have survived the occupation of the area by the invading Danes in the late 9th. Endowed with 7 hides … of land, it was served by a community of clergy whose heads were later alleged to have treated the communal estate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… HISTORY. 66 In 1251 15 'fields' were recorded. 67 From the 14th century to the late 17th century there were six open … of arable in 1386-7, when fragments of it were leased. 71 By the early 19th century the six fields had been amalgamated … demesne of the bishop of Ely's manor. 75 Thomas Willys, lord of Fen Ditton, was in dispute with some of his tenants …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 970s Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester (d. 984) gave … a. lying in Horningsea parish in 1810 when it was owned by Thomas Panton's legal representatives. 31 The manorial … manors. Miller, Ely, 171;, D. Knowles et al. (ed.), Heads of Religious Houses in England, 45; Red Bk. Exch. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… and civil parish, including part of Highgate, adjoining the county of London on the N. Cromwell House is the … opening into the S. aisle; externally it has been replaced by modern stonework. In the N. wall is a fireplace with … a device, stem with angle-shafts and panels with trefoiled heads, 16th-century. Monuments and Floor-slabs. Monuments: In …
Old and New London
… Hornsey CHAPTER XXXIII. HORNSEY. "To vie with all the beaux and belles, Away they whip to Hornsey Wells." … in the preceding chapters been dealing with Highgatewhich, by the way, was originally but a hamlet situated within the … period the palace was open (fourteen days only) it was visited by as many as 124,124 persons, and its success was no …
The Environs of London
… about five miles from Holborn-bars. The parish is bounded by Islington, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Tottenham, Friarn … in"habitants there report, that divers who have been long visited with sickness, not curable by physicke, have in a … of pretence, Arg. a sesse between three Griffins' heads erased Sab.HalseyMr. Towers married the daughter and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… its new buildings and road works, to Highgate High Street. The street itself was better preserved as a whole than its … and built the four-storeyed Princess Elizabeth hostel, by Richardson & Gill, in the grounds in 1930. 19 The society … Hampstead, met him in 1819 and both Southey and Wordsworth visited Moreton House in 1820. 56 The largest residence in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. The charities of Hornsey and Highgate divide between those once administered by the parish and those that were not. 33 Although some of … 34 were consolidated from the late 18th century under the heads of apprenticing, almshouses, and the distribution of …