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A History of the County of Sussex
… and Eastergate from Barnham. Much land was lost to the sea in historic times along the whole coastal frontage, and erosion and inland flooding remained problems in the late 20th century. The area has been densely settled … 1850 and 1900, though at Binsted and at Middleton, where a new site was found further inland, the potential …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Arvans, St - Ashburton Arvans (St.) ARVANS (ST.), a parish, in the union and division of Chepstow, partly in the hundred … English style, has been enlarged by the addition of a new aisle, and beautified, at the expense of Sir T. B. … died Aug. 18th, 1783, and was interred in the church. Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westminster, and Mr. Gifford, editor of the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… resinous GUM, with a strong onion-like smell, procured in central Asia from Narthex asafoetida and other allied umbelliferous plants. It was used in medicine as an antispasmodic and as a flavouring. It was … miles from Landing Places on the River Severn below the New Key' [Newspapers (1760)]. Like OAK, ash had a wide-range …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ashbury (St. Mary) ASHBURY ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Farringdon, hundred of Shrivenham, county of … repewed in 1840, at which time the incumbent presented a new organ and two stained-glass windows. Here is a school … 1645. After sustaining a siege of several months from the army under Fairfax, Lord Loughborough surrendered the castle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ashcombe - Ashill Ashcombe ASHCOMBE, a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Exminster, Wonford and … the soil is a red loam. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 18, and in the patronage of the Crown: … merchandise, and in the first week in Aug. for wool. A new turnpike-road, in a more direct line than the old road, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Buscott, Berhill, and Ashcott Heath. It is irregular in shape, with projections into the peat moors to the north … and careful measurements were needed to mark its limits in the Middle Ages when the moors were not considered part of … Rest was recorded in 1851 but closed c. 1909, and the New Inn, in High Street, open in 1871, had gone out of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Ancient and historical monuments in Middlesex Ashford 2 ASHFORD (A.e.) (O.S. 6 in. XXIV, N.E.) Ashford is a small parish 2 m. E. of Staines. … of the parish. It was entirely re-built in 1858 on a new site to the W. of the old church and retains the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ashingdon (St. Andrew) ASHINGDON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 2 … is chiefly in the early style, was thoroughly repaired and new-pewed, and the tower rebuilt in 1840. Ashmansworth (St. … a school-house for boys has been built. The parliamentary army was stationed at a place in the parish, still called …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the medieval parish of Buncton, united with Ashington in the 15th century. 3 The main part of Ashington parish … 71 The Swan was built after 1816, since it fronts the new high road, and before 1839. 72 In 1867 the Ashington … and depicted the village in his work. 87 The composer John Ireland was living there in 1922. 88 This article was written …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 90 and Ashington was still anachronistically described as in Washington in 1351. 91 A rectory was established c. 1190. 92 The living … £288. 24 The old rectory house was replaced in 1856-7 by a new red brick building 25 which survived in 1983. The glebe …