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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. … 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet of … dated 1762, of flint with brick dressings, survived in High Street in 1945, 36 but in 1978 the earliest surviving … west side of Montague Place, and many have balconies of wood or iron, often designed individually for each house. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … stone tower, which has been replaced by a belfry-turret of wood. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Wragby (All … structure in the early English style, adorned with rich wood carvings, and windows of old painted glass. An annuity …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Woughton-on-the-Green 228. WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. xv. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the … in the same room is a corner niche for china; it is of wood with a semi-circular head, and probably of c. 1700. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … Wyrley Birch, Esq.; the land is chiefly arable, with some wood and plantations, and a considerable extent of heath. … p., of which about one-half is grass-land, and 200 acres wood. It stands elevated about 300 feet above the level of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; … 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED … SMALL, travelling Found made of DEAL, OAK, WAINSCOT, WOOD See also BUREAU, SCRUTOIRE, TRAVELLING WRITING DESK, …
A Dictionary of London
… (The) "Mesuagio brasineo" called the "Wrastelars" in Aldrichegate street in parishof St. Botolph Without Aldrichegate, I Ed. VI. 1547 … lane (ib. 252). Not further identified. Wudestrate See Wood Street. Wycherley's Yard On the south side of Thames …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … Ecclesiastical c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with … purlin, with three 17th-century moulded corbels of wood against the N. wall carved with a heart, a shield and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 84 A detached township of the ancient parish, Wrockwardine Wood, lay 7 km. to the east; its history is treated … Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 ha.), including 515 a. in Wrockwardine Wood and 92 a. of detached moorland north of Eyton upon the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … 2731 inhabitants. This parish, including Wrockwardine-Wood, an isolated township five miles distant from the … substantially built and in good repair. Wrockwardine-Wood WROCKWARDINE-WOOD, a township and an ecclesiastical …