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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… local government in Wiltshire, courts of county, hundred, and manor, was by no means over. In the Middle Ages the county courts had acted in both larger and smaller forms, the larger representative body doing … period there was a county court for each of the northern and southern divisions of the county, presided over by the …
The Environs of London
… Barking. Morant derives it from the Saxon words Beorce and ing, signifying a meadow planted with birch-trees; but other antiquaries 1 are of opinion, that it is to be derived from … Ilford and Stratford by the floods: upon this occasion the historians record another miracle, by which a safe and easy …
The Environs of London
… The town of Chipping Barnet lies in the hundred of Caisho, and is situated on the Northern road, at the distance of … Extent, &c. The parish is bounded by Hadley, South Mims, and Hendon, in Middlesex, and by East Barnet, Ridge, and … 1740, by Sir Jeremy Sambrook, in memory of this battle. Antiquaries have differed in their opinions, nevertheless, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 59 inhabitants. Courteenhall (St. Peter and St. Paul) COURTEENHALL ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Hardingstone, … church contains a curious octagonal font, much admired by antiquaries; and in the chancel is an effigy in metal of John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Oxford, besides the assizes, were those of the town and of the chancellor of the university. 1 In the 12th century a few lay lords and several religious houses held courts for their tenants in … pie-powder court held by St. Frideswide's during the fair and the courts of the outlying manors 2 all the private …
Old and New London
… COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. "The houses twain Of Covent Garden and of Drury Lane." Rejected Addresses. The Building of the … of Handel's "Messiah"Royalty flock to the Haymarket, and Horace Walpole's Remarks upon the SubjectFirst Appear ance of "Peg" WoffingtonDeath of Rich, and Sale of Covent Garden TheatreCharles Macklin, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Cowbridge - Crickhowel Cowbridge COWBRIDGE, a borough and market-town (having exclusive jurisdiction), and, jointly with Bridgend, the head of a union, locally in … of Glamorgan, South Wales, 12 miles (W.) from Cardiff, and 170 (W.) from London, on the main western road through …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Crackenthorpe 20 … ploughing. Roman a(1). Camp, lying across the main road and the road to Long Marton. Its N.E. side is parallel to and about 50 yards S.E. of the Kirkby ThoreBrough Roman road, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, of which 4500 are arable, upwards of 500 meadow and pasture, and the remainder in about equal portions of woodland and … river Creccan, now Cray. In the immediate vicinity some antiquaries have placed the Roman station Noviomagus, near …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was licensed to appropriate the church by the king in 1336 and by the pope in 1344, but only when the church became … with the rectory. 80 The bishop collated in 1738 81 and thereafter the advowson was held by the incumbents or … 83 In 1291 the church was valued at £19 13 s. 4 d. 84 and in 1362 it was claimed that the value was under £20. 85 …