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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the town, is not without … church was not rebuilt on a lavish scale as happened at Boston or Louth. It was only with the scientific draining of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … 5 s. in 1814. 6 Further charitable bequests were made by Betty Tucker of £100 in 1838, by John Morse (d. 1857) of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal … Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of flint rubble with freestone … wall, (2) to Thomas Rose Drewe of Wootton House, 1815, and Betty, his wife, 1846, who erected the monument, white and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) … ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Boston, wapentake of Skirbeck, parts of Holland, county of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 … WYBERTON ( St. Leodegar), a parish, in the union of Boston, hundred of Kirton, parts of Holland, county of …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1500-1714 Yaire-Yule Yaire-Yule Yaire, Thomas s. William, of Laverstoke, Northants, sacerd. Queen's Coll., matric. 12 Oct., 1665, aged 18. Yaire, William of Westmorland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 21 Nov., 1628, … 1719, chaplain to George II. 1728, married 27 May, 1731, Betty widow of Colonel Leigh and sister of earl of Lichfield; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 … besides, mineral springs of various qualities at Aldfield, Boston, Gilthwaite, Horley Green, Ilkley, and Knaresborough, …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… that the fine should be searched for in the bundle of feet of fines known as "Cities and Towns." ** Where there are two … Yaxlee, the brother of William, William Yaxlee, senr., of Boston, county of Lincoin, esq., Margaret Yaxlee, his …