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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 m. N.W. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the middle of the parish. The walls are … Canons Regular of St. Augustine by a member of the Talbot family, probably in the reign of King John. The site, to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. … annum. Rockley Hall, now a farmhouse, was the seat of the family of Rockley, of whom Sir Simon Rockley founded the … the earliest crusaders, Elias or Elizeus, founder of the family of Worsley, is said to have held the manor of
A History of the County of York
… It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps illustrated in the beginnings of Anglian Christianity at York when Paulinus baptized Edwin … 46. Drake, Ebor. 522. E. Gray, Papers and Diaries York Family 17641839, 13. Drake, Ebor. 523. Browne, Met. Ch. St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from … with initials E D and C D for other members of the Dolling family; the inner entrance doorway under the porch has a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary … when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 are also treated here. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WORTHING comprised two estates which belonged to William … manor, may have derived from lands held by the Raymond family which occurs in Worthing from the 15th century. 67 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. … at the west end, contains numerous monuments to the Evelyn family. There is an ancient chapel at Oakwood. Some bequests … of the chancel is a full-length statue of one of the Muxon family, who are said to have been owners of a great part of
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division … Elizabethan style, for many ages the seat of the Brewster family, was taken down by the late Sir Thomas Gooch. William … this once princely mansion continued to be a seat of the family till the reign of Charles I., when it was dismantled …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of … chancel and navebelow screen, (7) probably of the Bedell family, c. 1500, inscription lost, man in armour and woman in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … Shiffnall, and is the seat and property of the Wrottesley family, whose ancestors have possessed it since the 1st of … Sir Christopher Wren, who purchased the estate from the family of Burgoyne, about the year 1713. It received …
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