Search
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, … instituted 1635, 'deserted' the parish in the First Civil War. 98 Jonathan Gellibrand, minister from 1647, was ejected …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of … occupied by the lords of the manor, 3 was bought by the War Department in 1948 and became the official residence of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, … King Ceadwalla, and afterwards removed hither; during the war between Offa and Cynewulf, it was demolished by the nuns …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCIV Charter of James VI granting the Tenandry of Rattonraw to the Burgh (1613) XCIV. Charter by King James … burgesses of our said burgh, both in time of peace and of war, and to give occasion to them to persevere in such …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCIX Contract concerning the disponition of the Subdean Milns to the Burgh (1619) XCIX. Contract between Sir Walter Stewart of Mynto, with consent of his spouse, and the Provost, … As the said Sir Walter now as giue the saidis infeftmentis war maid, and than as now, be the tennour heirof, bindis and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the wapentake of Manley, … of Norman-Cross, in the parish, were used during the late war, as a place of confinement for French prisoners, but are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above … is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of … found when the area was ploughed during the Second World War (NM Records). Fig. 164 Yardley Hastings (23) Dam Fig. 165 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … opened to Witney and Fairford. 72 During the Second World War marshalling yards were built for the storage and transfer of war supplies. The station and the Fairford line were closed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates … Howse, and sold by him shortly after the First World War to Edward Harris, whose son Edward was the owner in 1986. …