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A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads … it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present area of the city is 1,906 … A map published by William Godson, according to Act of Parliament, July 1750, gives the modern names to the streets, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … result that the mayor and citizens presented a petition to Parliament praying for licence under the Great Seal to …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in … his estimates, and instead of the 150,000 first voted by Parliament more than half a million had been spent upon the …
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 century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … Windsor Castle, but he was released by Richard as soon as Parliament was dissolved. 124 The next time Richard was at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles … The Hall was taken possession of and garrisoned for the parliament, in 1643; the present large and elegant mansion …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… ECONOMIC HISTORY. There were three ploughs on the demesne of Winstone in 1086 and eight servi were employed. 81 The … a. claimed as tithe-free in 1807, 82 presumably by virtue of a grant of the demesne tithes made to Gloucester Abbey … mid 18th century. 97 The fields were inclosed by Act of Parliament in 1782 together with the commons, Mill common in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… CAME (7088) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 68 NE, bSY 78 NW) The parish of Winterborne Came, covering some 1,560 acres immediately S.S.E. of Dorchester, lies across the valley of the South … panel with a carved cartouche; the overmantel has a framed mirror between Composite pilasters and entablature. The …
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 … Newchurch, and Newton-in-Makerfield; all which, by acts of parliament passed in 1844 and 1845, were formed into separate …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covers about 840 hectares and lies across the valley of a small N.W.-flowing stream which also forms part of the S. boundary. From this central valley, at about 130 m. … of the parish were finally enclosed following an Act of Parliament of 1794 but at least part of it was enclosed by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably … nephew, another William Mason. 30 In 1762 a private Act of Parliament 31 was obtained, authorizing the sale of the Mason …