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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… That whereas your worships poore peticioner hath served in Ireland in the late Queene Elizabeths tyme, in which service hee was crewelly wounded and hurt and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… severall others the inhabitants of the said town, do make bold to certifie unto your good worships, that the said Maund … his trade, giving himself alltogether to begging, both in the town and country, comitting what he gains thereby, to … town or parish with most base and opprobrious language. In brief, he is of the most vicious life and conversation of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … elegant design, and above it is a three-light window with bold tracery; there is also a fine arch between the chancel … has a portico of mixed Doric and Tuscan character, with a bold though low turret; and contains 1100 sittings, 150 of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … boldly carved. There are numerous figures and ornaments in and about the communiontable, and other parts of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good … varied by hills and ridges skirted with wood, is both bold and beautiful. Cotton and worsted spinning affords …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish of Worplesdon, union of Guildford, First … a parish, in the union of Wellingborough, hundred of Willey, county of Bedford, 2 miles (S. by W.) from …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; … miles in length and six in breadth, having, generally, a bold and rocky coast, indented with numerous bays and voes, … The coast varies in different parts, but is in general bold and rocky, and penetrated by several voes or inlets …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 … along the coast, from Scarborough nearly to the Tees, is bold and hilly, the cliffs overhanging the beach being … ordinarily level surface, however, is broken by several bold swells; and on the east it is separated from Ryedale by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following Inventory, after a very brief historical … Ouse completes the circuit. National Grid References are in 100 kilometre square SE. The city wall of York, built … by rusticated stone facing rising from a plinth to a bold ashlar band at first-floor level, which thus forms the …