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A History of the County of Shropshire
… local economy until the 1860s. Eight owners had 13 barges or trows in 1756, 95 while in 1851 there were c. 11 families … Severn by the Iron Bridge, built 1777- 80 from the eastern end of Bower Yard to Hodgebower in Madeley Wood; the bridge … of Posenhall hamlet that was apparently added to Benthall man. in or after 1576: below, manor. Compton Census, ed. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bentham; of the latter portion about 2000 acres are common or waste: the soil is poor, resting on a substratum of … of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Walsall; containing 428 inhabitants. The … in the rough, and in agriculture. The village of Holt-End, in the parish, is situated in a vale, five and a half …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… merchant and pilgrim on their way to Winchester, to shrine or fair. The outlaw Sir Adam Gurdon is said to have … tithing-men of Bentley did suit as late at least as the end of the 16th century. 8 The date at which the bishop … 1631. Above the inscription are the kneeling figures of a man and a woman very well cut in outline on the marble. Above …
A History of the County of Sussex
… north of the parish. Such village as there is lies mostly mile east of the church along the road running north to … black brickwork, with a projecting chimneystack at each end. The south-west corner of the parish, where Linch Ball, … five sisters: of these Alice married John de Teuelby, or Tylleby; Ladereyna William de Valoynes; Margaret John de …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 1350. In the 15th century the nave was shortened at the W. end, and the West Tower was built. In 1868 the eastern part … (1) of Ann, wife of Thomas Thompson, 1607, figures of man in civilian dress, and woman, nine sons and four … the roofs are tiled. It stands on the site of a hospital or priory of Austin Canons, founded in the 12th century. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… for it doubtless the old N. transept was rebuilt, for this end of the N. aisle is by tradition the Morton Chapel; the … chamfered rear arch and moulded label with head-stops of a man and a woman are of the late 13th century; internally the … N. window is similar to it. The N. aisle is without plinth or buttresses; in the N. wall are three reset late …
Old and New London
… Mr. Timbs tells us, what few of us remember or know, that it was at first attempted to call the squares … Square, not one of them is accessible to the weary working man, the public being allowed only to stare at them through … preferring to be called plain "Horace Walpole" to the end. He thus writes to the Countess of Ossory, under date …
Survey of London
… houses which faced on to Davies Street and Jones Street, or coach-houses, stables and other back buildings. 2 One of … was advertised in the newspapers. But it was not until the end of September 1821, very shortly after Thomas Cundy I had … the proposed improvements' to prospective developers, 14 or by his successor, Thomas Cundy I. On stylistic grounds the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Berkhampstead - Berwick-upon-Tweed Berkhampstead, or North-Church (St. Mary) BERKHAMPSTEAD, or North-Church ( … Berkhampstead, hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford, 1 mile (N. W. by W.) from Great Berkhampstead; containing 1265 … VIII. Within the church are two chapels at the eastern end, one dedicated to St. John, the other to St. Catharine; …
A History of the County of Hertford
… rents varied from 3 d. to 53 s. 4 d. 117 Berkhampstead. Or a castle azure with three towers and a banner of St. … the castle, so that when the castle fell into ruin at the end of the fifteenth century, the decay of the town seemed … widows, widowers, or other persons residing within one mile of the chapel without reference to sect or religious …