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Survey of London
… the north and south (Ill. 315). It covers the greater part of Spa Field, more commonly Spa Fields, which gained fame shortly after the Napoleonic Wars as the site of great assemblies in support of universal suffrage. That … p. 579 Mary Cosh, A History of Islington, 2005, p. 156 Bill Manley, Islington Entertained, 1990, p. 113: ODNB: …
The Environs of London
… WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. I have seen ancient records in … granted it to Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex 6. After his attainder it was settled upon Queen Catherine Parr for her …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 35 S.W., bTL 35 S.E., cTL 34 N.W., dTL 34 N.E.) The parish of Wimpole, 2468 acres in extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of Cambridge. It is bounded on the N. by the ancient track … outcrop is irregular, the long S.E. tongue on the edge of which the church stands being, geologically, a striking …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the … in 1344 38 and was held with Wincanton manor 39 until the attainder of John, Baron Zouche, in 1485. In 1486 it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … very narrowly escaped this fate, being exempted from the Bill embodying this resolution by a majority of one vote … During the ministerial crisis over the Catholic Relief Bill (1829), to which the king was bitterly hostile, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 3 ploughteams but 4 1/2 teams were actually being worked, of which 2 were on the demesne and 1 1/2 was worked by 10 … installed from Repton (Derb.) by William I. There was 8 a. of meadow and an unspecified area of underwood. Together with … D. (W.) 1734/2/3/139, no. 95 Ibid. D. 603/F/2/20/30, bill of 5 Feb. 1800; Shaw, Staffs. i. 16. L.R.O., B/C/11/Wm. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and … William de Ferrers, in whose family it continued till the attainder of his descendant, Robert, in the time of Henry …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, … 9 They were resumed by the Crown after Cromwell's attainder. The next grantee was the Earl of Essex. They …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its present outfall, 94 miles north of London and 40 from Cambridge by road. It is one of a … on the 1850 town plan (Wisb. Mus.). Wisb. Mus., Auction Bill of 1850 (Infm. the late E. J. Rudsdale). Copy in Wisb. …