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A History of the County of Essex
… the early 12th century. 44 Before 1189 Walter of Windsor and his mother Christine gave the church to the nuns of Wix priory, who appropriated the rectory and ordained a vicarage of which they were patrons. 45 … in 1525 and granted Wormingford church to his college at Oxford, and his school at Ipswich. 46 On Wolsey's fall in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, and the men continued to hold 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly … into the Mere when pursued. 43 The River Stour Navigation Co. made the Stour navigable for barges from Manningtree to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A manor in … with the barony of Plaiz to John de Vere, earl of Oxford (d. 1513), and with the earl- dom of Oxford until 1582. The overlordship was last recorded in 1612 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. … S., and W. walls have each a small cinque-foiled single light. The bell-chamber has N., S., and W. windows, each of … of S. wall, (1) of Philip, son of Robert Kinge, Bishop of Oxford, 1592, and Elizabeth, his wife (who put up the brass), …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… village. It is built of flint rubble with stone dressings, and is repaired with brick; the chancel and nave are coated with cement, and roofed with tiles. The … at a later date; the other two windows, one a single light, the second of two lights, are of the 15th century, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… was built early in the 12th century, but was lengthened, and the W. wall re-built probably when the bell-turret was … the eastern is of the 14th century and of one trefoiled light; the western is a single round-headed light of the 12th century; the N. doorway, now blocked, is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which more are being made; the soil in some places is a light sandy clay, in others peat, and the views are fine and … 1279; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The church is a plain structure. At Trelystan is a … coast are in the winter subject. The town is lighted with gas, paved, and abundantly supplied with water by …
A History of the County of York
… Marsh, who had been nominated Dean of York by Charles I at Oxford in 1644, was installed in August 1660. 33 In addition, … candle-lighting was improved in 1820 28 and replaced by gas burners in 1824. 29 Greatly improved gas-lighting was … in 1918; 50 St. John's Chapel, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry memorial chapel, was established in 1925 in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… flat limestone tableland formed by the underlying Portland and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., … lancet above which was a square Elizabethan window to light the pulpit (Hutchins I, 699); this last has been … W. walls are modern square-headed windows each of a single light, and to the W. a similar window above to light the …