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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The parish, of over 2,100 acres, lies entirely upon Chalk and rises to an altitude of 500 ft. above sea-level. The land … with cherub-head console, scrolled apron with cartouche-of-arms of Clavering impaling West of Shillingstone, heavily … married Honor, daughter of Richard West of Shillingstone), crest, a hand supporting a closed book. The 18th-century N. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… NW) The parish lies in the valley of the Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 … IHS in black-letter, S.E. shield blank, 1 S.W. shield with arms of Herring, N.W. shield with arms of Rochford; mid 15th century. Font cover, of oak, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… It is entirely on Chalk, capped in places with sands and gravels, and slopes from just over 600 ft. in the N. and … and octagonal dishing to drain, mid 14th-century. Royal Arms: In naveon E. wall, framed and painted Stuart arms in lozenge-shaped panel, with initials C.R. and date …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… on the higher S. parts. From the S. boundary on the crest of the S. Dorset Ridgeway, up to 776 ft. high, the … Winterbourne Steepleton, beside the river, is the original and still the only settlement in the parish and contains a … Paintings: in naveon N. wall, traces of Stuart royal arms and of 15th-century figure of St. Christopher, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … The parish comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are … of Wisbech. The townhall is embellished with the town arms, a painting of Edward VI., and portraits of Dr. Jobson, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and chapelry of Leverington, became a separate ecclesiastical … of painted glass of the 15th century including the arms of Ely, a Trinity shield, and a shield with three … by will dated 1593, gave a messuage (now the Butcher's Arms Inn), with 15 acres in South Inham Field, the rents of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a … At the back there is a rainwater head, with the Swaine crest, the initials TSE and the date 1716, which points to a … (Colvile) his wife; upon the mantle of the latter are the arms of Colvile, and beneath one of the ladies the word …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … 36 and when Robert Barker (who assumed the name and arms of Colvile) succeeded his uncle the estate was much … Colvile's relict. Robert Barker assumed the name and arms of Colvile in accordance with his uncle's will. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride … The stone roof corbels have shields charged with the arms of Fincham, Haultoft, and Derham, which indicates that … argent and azure a crescent counterchanged, and for a crest an arm embowed mailed, the hand holding a tilting spear …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is … fourth windows on the north have the following shields of arms respectively: Russell, early 19th century; John of … 16th century. The second window on the south has the royal arms, of early 16th-century date. On the north wall of the …