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A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Introduction BANBURY Origins and Growth of the Town, p. 18. Buildings, p. 29. Castle, p. 39. Manors and … a library of scientific, literary, historical, and French books. When the new building was opened in 1884 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Origins and growth of the town Origins and Growth of the Town. By 1086 Banbury was … brick, the detail loosely derived from 17th-century France. The building has been attributed to James Murray of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Parliamentary Representation. What came in the 18th century to be regarded as the most important … (Bucks.), one of the petitioners for the first charter, and he was succeeded by his brother John. 2 Sir Francis … put out pamphlets attacking the ideas generated by the French Revolution. In 1794, however, one of its members, G. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… (North) Banff BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief town, 165 miles … well known as ambassador of George II., at the court of France, in 1720, was born in the parish. Barra BARRA, a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Bar skin - Barronet Bar skin A term found only in the Gloucester Coastal Port Books, and there only once, possibly as a clerical error for BEAR … of various sorts, as is still a culinary practice in France today. Barberry was also used to season meat and to …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Barmby Moor BARMBY MOOR The parish of Barmby Moor lies 11 miles east of York astride the York-Hull trunk road and close to the market-town of Pocklington. 1 The village … 1901 50 a. were transferred to Pocklington civil parish, 7 and in 1960 the boundaries of the civil and ecclesiastical …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… Barn Hill Barn Hill (Fig. 70) The top of Barn Hill was the site of the sheep market before … reused material from another large house of similar date, and No. 9 was occupied in the 17th century by Richard Wolph, … the houses, especially Barn Hill House (96), No. 13 (100), and finally, from the middle of the 19th century, No. 14 …
A Dictionary of London
… - Bartholomew (St.) without Aldersgate Barndehawe A garden and buildings thereon called " Barndehawe " in Aldgate Ward, part of the possessions of the priory of Holy Trinity, 45 H. III. … (St.) The belfry struck by lightning 49 H.III.1264-5 (French Chronicle, p.6) The church is simply called " St. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Barnham BARNHAM The parish of Barnham, well known in the 20th century for its … comprising 31 a. were added to Yapton between 1882 and 1891, so that in 1971 Barnham had 340 ha. (841 a.). 2 The … 483: P. H. Sawyer, A.-S. Charters, p. 422. Cf. Cal. Doc. France, ed. Round, pp. 328-9, in which Rob. de Haye grants …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Barnsley Barnsley The small rural parish of Barnsley lies 6.5 km. north-east of Cirencester and is irregular in shape, extending from Ready Token at the … 224 and Peter Malet in 1343. 225 Malet was a native of France and his revenues from the church were claimed by the …