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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place of strength and security. On the expulsion of that people by the Romans, it was … betrayed Colonel Fiennes' soldiers to Prince Rupert; and a commission was appointed by authority of the parliament, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of … to that parish in 1889. 35 Most of the parish lies on a relatively high plain which drains northwards to the … Sancti Albani (Rolls Ser.), 402. J. Boyes and R. Russell, Canals of Eng. 78-90; E.R.O., T/A 200/1; ibid. D/P 185/8/3; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remains of a Roman tessellated pavement were discovered on Broad-street common: the building of which it formed the … was divided into five separate apartments, with a passage on the western side extending through the whole length; the … other acts, enabling him to construct a series of canals from his extensive collieries here to different …
A History of the County of York
… battle of Hatfield only James the Deacon remained to carry on the Roman tradition in the north but he has no known … of the canons, several of whom were deprived by the High Commission for not complying with the order; 9 and the city … and in the same year a fine of £1,000 imposed by the High Commission at York was granted to the minster by Charles I …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the principal seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way between the estuaries of … 2,735 a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of a building formerly used as a court-house survived on Worthing common south of the modern shore line in 1748. 93 … 97 At least one election was contested, pressure being put on tradesmen to vote for a particular candidate. 98 The … and from 1913 on the successor East Lancing Sea Defence Commission, 57 but its sea defence jurisdiction in Lancing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, … there, called the Brands, is commemorative of the fire. On the erection of the new town, a market and fair, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stained glass. The reading-desk is formed of an eagle, on whose spread-out wings the chesnut-bound Bible and … sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a pelican; all very … containing 991 inhabitants. A district church was erected on a site given by W. P. Paine, Esq., in 1840; it is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Hill and Leaton and west of Wrockwardine, and tuff, on which Wrockwardine village lies. 93 From those high … troops in 1645-6. 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel … Almanack, & Diary (1898), 56. Salop. Librs. Shropshire Canals (1980), 67-8. Above, Wellington, Communications. S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the … and the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, which bounds the parish on the north. In …