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A History of the County of Sussex
… 1820s. 14 The Royal Hotel, designed by J. B. Rebecca, 15 with a facade with Ionic columns and pilasters, was destroyed by fire in … 98 and also to France. 99 Motor charabanc trips, including some longdistance ones, were started in 1907, and in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of Oakwood, 763 inhabitants. This parish, … an extreme view of the Wolds of Surrey and Sussex, with the English Channel in the distance, and northward a … the Evelyn family. There is an ancient chapel at Oakwood. Some bequests have been left to the poor. John Evelyn, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… dressings are of stone. The roof of the nave is covered with slate, and that of the aisle with lead; the other roofs are tiled. Parts of the N. walls … The Vestry is modern. The Organ-chamber is modern, but has some old detail re-set in it. In the E. wall is a window, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of the parish. The walls are of septariarubble and brick with dressings of limestone; the roofs are tiled. The Nave … outer continuous and the inner resting on attached shafts with moulded capitals. The Nave (42 ft. by 18 ft.) has in the … thatched. It was built early in the 17th century and has some exposed ceiling-beams. ConditionGood. Colchester, Holy …
A History of the County of Rutland
… North; Luffenham, South; Morcott; Pilton; Seaton with Thorpe-by-Water; Stoke Dry; Tixover The parishes of … (Wiceslea) had become part of Rutland by 1129 and probably some years earlier (see account of the County), but the … the Earl of Warwick. 8 From this time the hundred passed with the manor of Barrowden (q.v.) and now belongs to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the parish. The walls are of local stone and flint rubble with freestone dressings; the roofs are covered with stone slates and slates. The church, con sisting of … on the N. side of the nave; this chapel was destroyed at some uncertain date. The church was restored in the 19th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the … dedicated to St. Mary, has been rebuilt, at the expense (with the exception of a small donation from the Dean and … Chapter) of Miss Losh, who has had it profusely decorated with stained glass. The reading-desk is formed of an eagle, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… letters, particularly women. Usually they were expensive, with decorative exteriors and desirable internal features. … obviously gendered, advertised 'Writing Desks and Boxes with Secrets and superior Locks; plain and strongly banded … PAPER, PEN, INK POT and other writing materials. In some cases it may be similar to, or identical with, a WRITING …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with some flint and ironstone; the chancel contains some Roman … is tiled; those of the rest of the structure are covered with lead. The Nave, with its arcades and with N. and S. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part … new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with here, included the townships of Wrockwardine, Admaston, … the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated with the river Tern and …