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The Environs of London
… London. The parish is bounded by Bromley, Orpington, Paul's Cray, Foot's Cray, Eltham, and the extraparochial hamlet of Mottingham. … nephew, 1775; Mary, wife of Captain John Hope, 1760; John Hill, 1769; Susan Remnant, daughter of Mr. John Hill, 1771; …
Old and New London
… Modern GardeningSharp, the EngraverLady ThornhillHogarth's MonumentA Curious InscriptionExtracts from the … on either side, records the virtues of the wife of Dr. Walker, a Puritan minister during the Commonwealth, who … and Sir John Fenwick, were tried, and executed on Tower Hill. The spot is still easily identified. In his "Diary" …
The Environs of London
… he was ordered to go to the relief of the Lord General's army after the action at Newbury 5. Manors. There are two … 81. On the south wall are those of Mary, wife of William Walker 82, vicar of Chiswick, who died in 1619; and Thomas … Mrs. Mary Austin (1754); John Montigny, Gent. (1757); John Hill, Gent. (1758); William Lewis, of Coventgarden, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Chiswick Churches CHURCHES. In 1181 the canons of St. Paul's had a church for their manor of Sutton, 38 where there was a vicar by 1241. 39 As a peculiar of St. Paul's, the church was normally exempt from episcopal jurisdiction … Phillimore and Whitear, Chiswick, 1045. Ibid. 11011. Walker Revised, 261; Home Counties Mag. i. 224. Guildhall MS. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the whole parish formed part of the estates of St. Paul's. 69 Most early references, however, are to Sutton, which … Thames has played a crucial role, symbolized in the church's dedication by 1458 to St. Nicholas, the patron saint of … the view of G. K. Chesterton, who portrayed it as Saffron Hill in The Man Who Was Thursday and claimed that it …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… House, 61 his former house was apparently sold to James I's disgraced favourite Robert Carr, earl of Somerset (d. … Lord Poulett (d. 1649), from 1639. 63 In 1651 Poulett's sons surrendered all their property in Chiswick to their … 91 and Horace Walpole aspired only to make Strawberry Hill, like Chiswick, a model of its kind. 92 Whereas Lord …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Warminster, hundred of Heytesbury, Warminster and S. divisions of Wilts, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Heytesbury; … vicarage of Chittern St. Mary, and is valued in the king's books at 7. 0. 10.; net income, 319; patrons, alternately, … place. The town is pleasantly situated on the summit of a hill, on the road from Bolton to Preston; and though in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Chocke-Colepeper Chocke, Alexander of Somerset, arm. Queen's Coll., matric. 19 May, 1609, aged 15; M.P. Ludgarshall … matric. 16 July, 1703, aged 18; B.A. 1707, rector of North Hill, Cornwall, 1714, vicar of Buckerell 1716. See Foster's … of William 1636. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & Walker's Sufferings. Coke, John s. Thomas, of Melbourne, co. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Cholesbury 24. CHOLESBURY. (O.S. 6 in. xxxiv. S.E.) Pre-historic (1). Plateau Camp, occupies the summit of … The works enclose the church, which is situated at the S.W. end of the site. The camp is a fine example of its …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the boundary on that side is formed by Healey Nab, a hill 682 ft. above sea level. Crosse Hall and Cowling are in … half-groats, pence and halfpence in imitation of the king's money, and set it abroad at Settle and other places. 7 He … defendant to a claim for dower by Syrith widow of John le Walker; De Banco R. 21, m. 4 d. Robert son of Herbert de …