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The Environs of London
… reign of Henry III. by the name of Chesewicke. Situation and boundaries. Extent. Nature of land and soil. Land-tax. The village of Chiswick is situated by … so obnoxious to that monarch by his opposition to his measures, that he was one of those excepted by name, when, at …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Mesolithic to Roman times have been found in the Thames, and a Roman presence is attested by coins, notably from an urn dug up at Turnham Green in 1731 and by brickwork beneath the manor house of Sutton. 67 The … Society, and, after the demolition of two more houses, to measures for the preservation of 356 houses in 1967. To …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Chorley Chisworth CHISWORTH, a township, in the parish and union of Glossop, hundred of High Peak, N. division of … containing 532 inhabitants. It comprises 844 acres, and has an old romantic village, seated about four miles … Glossop. There are a colliery, a cotton-spinning factory, and an establishment for candlewicks. A Methodist place of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Chorley CHORLEY Cherlegh, 1251; Cherle, 1252; Chorley, 1257 and common; Cherley, 1276; Chorlegh, 1292 and common. In 1302 the defendant to a claim regarding a way … courtyard at the close of the 16th century. The courtyard measures only 31 ft. by 18 ft., and does not appear to have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 506 acres of land, chiefly pasture, and of which the soil is sand, gravel, and clay; the surface is undulated, and the scenery embraces extensive views. The Ellesmere canal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… laid on 15 July 1525 by John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, and on the same day Wolsey issued his foundation charter. But … for the erection of the college were already far advanced and made clear the intention of the founder that his new creation should be on a magnificent and unprecedented scale. Wolsey's agents had long been busy …
Survey of London
… p. 31), made his will leaving his tenements in Axe Yard and Borough High Street, and his lands in Newington and St. George's Fields and elsewhere to trustees for various …
Survey of London
… within a rectangle, measuring outside 76 feet in width and 143 feet in length (Plates 14, 15). The nave, some 94 feet long and 35 feet wide, has a low clerestory over the high arcades … walls, meeting the square-ended altar recess, 20 feet wide and 15 feet deep, which is flanked by small sacristies …
Survey of London
… Spital fields, were begun in the summer or autumn of 1714 and the foundation stone was laid in 1715. a Its construction was protracted, and fourteen years passed before it was consecrated in July … week or two later a public meeting resolved to take legal measures to force the parish authorities to submit their …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Christchurch (Christchurch Twyneham) Introduction, castle and manors CHRISTCHURCH or CHRISTCHURCH TWYNEHAM Tweoxneham, … Christchurch East, 2 Hurn, Southbourne, 3 Pokesdown and Bournemouth 4; the remainder, comprising about 1,000 acres in and around the town, constituted the new parish of …