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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above … monarch to convert the oratory into a priory of thirteen sisters, of which she became the first prioress: hence Egbert …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of … had for some time been enjoying only a false monopoly. The heart of the problem lay in the rapid growth of New Salisbury …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… estates MANORS AND LESSER ESTATES In 1086 Wilton was in the custody of Hervey, a royal official, who apparently did not farm the … to have been held by Queen Berengaria. 2 After the death of Richard I it formed part of Berengaria's dower, but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WIMBORNE MINSTER (0099) (O.S. 6 ins., SU 00 SW, SZ 09 NW) The Urban District of Wimborne Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. Allen which joins …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part … 70 In 1695 that estate was settled on one of Morgan's sisters Catherine (d. 1696) and her husband James Wickham (d. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … Many Saxon ladies of royal and noble lineage were sisters in this establishment, in which Matilda, wife of …
Survey of London
… and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his successors a stretch of land in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winton, Wyncestre (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads … space now known as the Broadway. It has become almost as sacred as a village oak, and if any dissatisfaction with the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city is the College of St. … East and West Galleries, also a name imported from the Sisters' Hospital, and, as has been seen, from college …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The … by Aubrey's attorney declared that neither of Aubrey's sisters ought to have or could have any part in the messuage …