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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 … (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … and partly in the early English style, with a massive tower; the pulpit hangings, though much decayed, are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the … N. chapel and vestry, nave, N. and S. aisles and W. tower. The two middle arches of the N. arcade of the Nave are … has square-headed lights in the N. and S. walls. The bell-chamber has, in each of the N., S. and W. walls, a window of …
A Dictionary of London
… Wool Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: … ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. 1377 (Cal. L. Bk. H. pp.63 and 65). Other names: " Wollewharf," 1326 (Ct. H.W. I. 319). … Custom House occupied this site. Now called " Custom House and Wool Quays " (q.v.). See New Wool Quay; Old Wool Quay; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter … lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 that Tintern should receive all parish dues from … Sandstone and comprises chancel, nave, south aisle, north tower, and south porch. Before the 19th century it appears to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest … for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted … estate, but Plusterwine House, most of the land in the hamlets of Brookend and Netherend, and about one third of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern … to be out of use from c. 1906. 24 It was a four-storey tower mill with a thatched cap which was lost in a gale after … 1336 and when let in 1480 the vicar reserved the principal chamber and parlour and stabling for two horses. 1 In 1650 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north … sides. It consists of chancel, south vestry, nave, west tower, and porch to the south of the tower; it is built of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and … of the Nave. Near the end of the 13th century the West Tower was added, perhaps incorporating the N.W. angle of the … plain pointed light, and more or less restored. The bell-chamber has, in the E., N. and S. walls, a single-light …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (7706) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the … covered by an area of Plateau Gravel. Woolland village and the former hamlet of Chitcombe are spring-line settlements at the junction of the Chalk and the Gault Clay. Woolland occurs in Domesday Book (Vol. I, …