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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Arvans (St.) ARVANS (ST.), a parish, in the union and division of Chepstow, partly in the hundred of Raglan, … which is washed on the north-east by the river Wye, and situated on the road from Monmouth to Chepstow, comprises … Britain. According to Bede, the station was called by the Saxons Reptaceastre, and subsequently, by Alfred of Beverley, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Lambourn; containing, with the tythings of Idstone and Odstone, and the hamlet of Kingstone-Winslow, 819 inhabitants. It … at 11. 8. 1.; net income, 375; patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who presents one of three candidates nominated by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… valleys of three small E.-flowing streams between 130 m. and 175 m. above OD. Almost the whole area is covered by glacial deposits, including much sand and gravel, and only in the N.E. corner is the underlying … has been another old town, as they say, destroyed by the Danes; there are great ditches, causeways and marks of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the Poldens. 1 It lies 7 km. south-west of Glastonbury and includes Ashcott village and the hamlets of Pedwell, Nythe, Buscott, Berhill, and Ashcott Heath. It is irregular in shape, with projections …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) ASHINGDON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (N. by … the Dane, after a sanguinary contest, vanquished the Saxons under Edmund Ironside. The parish comprises 1165 a. 1 … rectory, valued in the king's books at 8. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Nottidge family: the tithes have been …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 Its two ancient parishes have long been united and still longer associated. The manors were owned and assessed for tax together in 1066, 2 passed to one Norman overlord, and were reunited in the ownership of the Hospitallers in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Silverley Churches CHURCHES. 36 In the Middle Ages Ashley and Silverley each had a parish church, and from the 13th century there was also a private chapel at … Hospitallers' manor house. After the benefices of Ashley and Silverley were united in the 16th century, both parish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from whom it descended by female heirs to the Veres and Trussells: about 1580 it was sold by Edward Vere, Earl of … Esq., of Manchester, who has much improved the mansion and grounds, and introduced the latest system of agriculture. The township …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Asia 1970 After the Achaemenids: exchange, transmission and transformation in the visual culture of Babylonia, Iran and Bactria, c.330-c.100 B.C. Wood, Rachel K. D.Phil., … of the effect of foreign influence on the introduction and development of modern science in China. Conroy, R.J. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Aston-Blank Asselby ASSELBY, a township, in the parish and union of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire, E. riding of … was held at the Conquest chiefly by the Bishop of Durham and Earl Morton; the Aislabys subsequently had property here, and are supposed to have taken their name from that of the …