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Survey of London
… 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 Southwark extending from the precincts of St. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after … a sermon on Good Friday and the distribution of money and articles in kind. 6. In or about 1668 William Cawley by will … Consolidated 2 per cent. stock. (iii) In the parish of St. Faith.1. In 1842 James Farquharson bequeathed 6,000 guilders …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Churches CHURCHES The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW, near the remains of Hyde Abbey, consists of chancel 28 ft. 1 in. by 18 ft. 4 … of pieces of 15th-century glass, including a shield of the Faith. On the floor of the north chapel is a marble slab …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads … it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present area of the city is 1,906 … the three surrounding parishes of Chilcomb, Weeke and St. Faith were included in the municipal borough. 3 By Local …
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. Mary, founded by … apt to labour saith, The vest his neatness, open hand his faith. Girt with his sword, his shield upon his arm, Himself …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of Winchester so often allowed to the rising boroughs 1 of the 12th century, is of peculiar interest. In certain …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … a writ de liberate to the mayor to provide certain articles of clothing for Geoffrey the king's son. 89 The next …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The hospital of St Cross HOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS The hospital of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by … century, said to have been brought from the church of St. Faith, which was destroyed in 1509. That on the north side …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from …