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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… railway, which passes through the parish. The market is on Friday; and fairs take place on May 6th and August 3rd, for … but that station is now generally referred to Borough Hill, near Daventry. Wulfhere, the first Christian king of … of the principal officers, and, on the summit of the hill, barracks for 500 men, where troops are always …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… for one possible building platform cut back into the hill-side. These earthworks are separated from the adjacent … ridge-and-furrow in the common pasture called Wind Mill Hill in 1719 indicates that at least part of these commons …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… number of coins, were discovered in 1738: higher up the hill are the remains of an ancient town. Welford (St. … are some good gravel-pits. The village is seated upon a hill. The Grand Junction canal passes through the parish, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of the parish, on a steep-sided spur known as Downtown Hill, on clays and silts at 168 m. above OD. Air photographs … and silts at 152 m. above OD, on the crest of a small hill. Air photographs (in NMR) show a possible double-ditched …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… was a longer building with a thatched roof. 14 J. H. Hill (180986), Rector of Cranoe and author of a History of … copies of marriage settlement. Complete Peerage, v. 6012. Hill, Gartree, i. 324. Kelly's Handbk. to the Official … P. W. Phillimore, i. 261. Welham par. recs. in church; cf. Hill, Gartree, i. 333. Poor Law Abstract, 1803, 2567; cf. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… nearly destroyed by fire, and rebuilt on the slope of a hill nearly a mile northward from the navigable river Nene. …
A Dictionary of London
… A. Box 66, No.6). Identified with St. John the Evangelist, Friday Street (q.v.). John de Sabrichesworth gave a quit-rent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… North East, South East, Town Side, Upper, West, South Hill, Calwell Hill, Ryeborough Hill, Neasdale, Wells Hill and North Side Fields. The whole …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Its slopes and those of its northern foothills, Maddock's Hill (280 metres), the Ercall (265 metres), and Lawrence's Hill ( c. 215 metres), descend steeply northwards and … in Leegomery township. 77 It was visited annually on Good Friday but destroyed in the mid 19th century. Local customs …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… winter and two in summer, and prayers every Wednesday and Friday and at festivals. Communion was administered monthly and at Easter, Whit Sunday, Christmas, and Good Friday. There were usually c. 70 communicants. 90 Thomas … were two services every Sunday and at Christmas and Good Friday. Communion was given monthly and on Christmas Day. 51 …