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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of … will be noticed the arms of Edward III, 'the shield for peace' of the Black Prince, William of Wykeham's cheverons …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … Pembroke, against Louis of France, the war ending in the peace signed at Lambeth on 11 September 1217. There are many …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the manor of WINSTONE was held by Ansfrid de Cormeilles who had … his son, Henry (d. 1279), although admitted to the king's peace in 1268, does not seem to have held land at Winstone, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… N.W., (b)XXIII, N.E.) Winton is a parish and village on the border of the county, 1 m. N.E. of Kirkby Stephen. Secular Monuments … and B.E. 1681 To all the dwelers in this place God grant peace hapines and grace." Inside the building is an original …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wisbech (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) … and the number of other magistrates is 3. The quarter-sessions for the Isle of Ely take place here and at Ely …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the … Elm had the reputation of a law-abiding village. The peace celebrations of 1814, when '738 persons dined …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech … or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough … and Thorney, produced 300, and later 600 men. 73 The peace celebrations of 1814 were on a grand scale. 'The coup …