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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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xxix. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands in the middle of the village and is built of stone rubble. The roofs of the … the Church of England', 'Of Private Mass', and many other articles, partly in black-letter, in fairly good condition. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 3 ploughteams but 4 1/2 teams were actually being worked, of which 2 were on the demesne and 1 1/2 was worked by 10 … installed from Repton (Derb.) by William I. There was 8 a. of meadow and an unspecified area of underwood. Together with a mill, the total value of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Lying on what was formerly the Derbyshire side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th … and private housing development in the south-eastern part of the township. Winshill was a township in Burton ancient … parish covering 1,150 a. (465.4 ha.). 15 The southern part of the township, covering 607 a. (245.6 ha.), was taken into …