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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Wormley 148. WORMLEY. (O.S. 6 in. xxxvi. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Lawrence, … in the E. wall, two lancets in the N. wall and two in the S. wall; they may replace 13th-century work. The chancel arch …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small … and has moulded jambs and a roughly elliptical head; the stairs presumably ran to the E. in the thickness of the wall, … by a member of the Talbot family, probably in the reign of King John. The site, to the E. of Wormsley Grange, is marked …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 10; net income, 251; patrons and …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … prominent position. In 1473 he had erected a statue of the king somewhere in the cathedral; it was probably soon … 56 In Drake's time, four books were placed along the back of the high altar—a Bible, a Prayer Book, and another …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It … on the S.W. a later ditch 2 ft. deep, which cuts the back of the bank at the W. corner and turns through two near …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … London tea merchant, 8 William France, upholsterer to the king, who built the first houses in Trafalgar Place, 9 and … In the 1840s and 1850s the resort's development was held back by sanitation problems. The continued discharge of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … Place was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … were laying down, widening, and paving streets, 8 setting back projecting buildings, 9 covering open drains and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and the other, called Mordinges, had been held of the king in 1066 by Lewin. 48 The manor afterwards formed part of … later held the manor until the Dissolution. 54 In 1536 the king granted it to Sir William Fitzwilliam, treasurer of his … Anthony (d. 1629), and then successively to Anthony's son (d. 1682) and grandson (d. 1708), both named Francis, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … and Highgate. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 18. 9., and in the patronage of William … a garrison was maintained here in the interest of the king. The town is situated on a gentle eminence, and consists …