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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds the parish on the west side; the road from Coventry to Tamworth passes … Jennins, Esq., who in 1775 bequeathed one-third of the interest of 1000 in support of a school. There is a place of … falling from the base of Black-Combe to a level or flat nearly as low as high-water mark, and again rising to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… that of the S. porch, which is tiled. The church existing on the site early in the 13th century probably consisted of a … built probably in the 15th century; at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century the clearstorey windows were … with cement and plaster in 1657, the date inscribed on a panel over the doorway. Many small alterations and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… WHITCHURCH (E.e.). (O.S. 6 in. LIV) Whitchurch is a parish on the right bank of the Wye, 5 m. S.W. of Ross. The church … and Old Court are the principal monuments. Roman (1). "On the boundary of the parishes of Whitchurch and Ganarew . . … lower edge cut away to octagonal form to fit 14th or 15th-century stem with square base. Monuments and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Ecclesiastical d(1) Parish Church Of St. Candida ( Or St. Wite) And Holy Cross (Plates 83, 207, 209) stands in … now destroyed, and there is evidence of an early vestry on the site of the present one; very shortly after these … 1899 and 1926. The church is of considerable architectural interest and the shrine, monuments, pulpit and font are …
A History of the County of Essex
… was leased to a farmer. The priory apparently acquired one or more of the small Colne estates held in 1086 by Richard … debts, and Elizabeth I conveyed it to John Drawater. 23 On John Drawater's death in 1597 or 1598, the manor was … 1526) whose widow Thomasin, then Thomasin Lake, had a life interest in the estate in 1555. In 1544 Roger's son William …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… square extension built; about the same time a recess or arch was made in the N. wall of the chancel. The S. arcade … century, and in 1885 the North Vestry was added, possibly on the site of a former chapel. The pre-conquest headstone … is two-centred and has a plain impost, possibly original on the E. side. In the S. wall are three windows, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of these discoveries, but they seem to indicate a house or houses in this neighbourhood. Ecclesiastical b(2). Parish Church of St. Martin stands on the W. side of the village. The walls are of flint-rubble … The 11th-century chancel-arch is of two plain orders on the W., and has a semi-circular head with slightly …
A Dictionary of London
… 1677), White Rose Alley in that map being further north, on the site of " Ferns Yard" in Rocque. Site now occupied by … purposes. White Swan Stairs South out of Thames Street on the Thames (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in … Railway lines. Whitebeer (The) A messuage brewliouse or hospice so called in Aldrichgate Street in parish of St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the latter containing 81 inhabitants. Whitegate, or Newchurch (St. Mary) WHITEGATE, or Newchurch ( St. Mary), … the king, having resolved to build a more commodious abbey on a neighbouring spot, gave it the name of Vale-Royal, and … Marine school, endowed by Matthew Piper, Esq., with the interest of 2000; the site was given, and the building …
Old and New London
… destroyed by the Great FireThe Flogging in BridewellSermon on Madame CreswellHogarth and the "Harlot's … to the river, with gas works at its foot and mean shops on either side was once the centre of a district full of … awakened by the quick wheel of the swift newspaper cart or the ponderous tires of the sullen coal-wagon, was in olden …