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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of Colchester. The church, Wivenhoe Hall and the house (6) … the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the town. The walls are of mixed …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form an estuary, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (a)xxix. N.W. (b)xxix. N.E.) Wix is a parish 6 m. W.S.W. of Harwich. Wix Abbey is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Michael stands near the middle of the parish. The ancient portions are of rubble with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. XIV, N.W.) Wolferlow is a parish on the N.E. border of the county, 4 m. N. of Bromyard. The church, with 12th-century work and an … the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Andrew stands in the S.E. part of the parish. The …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Church Church A chapel of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, … it had no burial rights until 1414, when the inhabitants of Wolvercote successfully petitioned the pope for the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (1). Holy Trinity Church, Old Wolverton, 1 mile E.N.E. of Stony Stratford, was re-built in 1815, except the two lower stages of the West Tower which are probably of the 14th century. The tower was originally central and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the village, has walls re-faced with modern flint; the dressings are of stone; the roofs are covered with lead, except that of the N. chapel, which is tiled. The Nave is partly of late …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to … often synonymous with what was given elsewhere in the Dictionary Archive as a LIGHTWOOD COMB, though other woods … were few in the shops. The earliest examples noted in the Dictionary Archive are dated 1747 [Inventories (1747)]; …