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A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at … age. 34 The manor was held in dower by William's widow Catherine and, from her death in 1471, by her second husband … months later. In 1739 James's daughters Frances, Mary, and Catherine conveyed half the manor to Francis Seymour and Sir …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … station may be still discerned in various places; and on Catherine Hill, within a mile of the city, are vestiges of a … and at the extremity of the north transept is a beautiful Catherine-wheel window. At the eastern extremity of the nave, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Churches CHURCHES The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW, near the remains of Hyde Abbey, consists … 'the church of Buckstreet,' St. Faith, St. James, St. Catherine, 2 St. Mary of the Valleys with the chapel of Wyke, … to hear divine service in the oratory of the Blessed Catherine, within his close in the parish of St. George. 22 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city … hospital of St. Cross ( vide infra). On the summit of St. Catherine's Hill are a bank and ditch, within which the foundations of St. Catherine's chapel are said to exist, but there is no masonry …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The hospital of St Cross HOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS The hospital of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by … former masters of the hospital. There is also a slab to Catherine, the wife of Abraham Markland, 1695. There are two …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history … ceiling was painted by Verrio in 1678, and depicts Queen Catherine of Braganza surrounded by the Virtues, &c. The next room …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … following year the king was at Windsor with his new queen Catherine Howard, and he seems to have stayed there until …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of … and died, still Windsor, 19 January 1596; bur d in St Catherine Cree Church. ( Eton Coll. Register; etc.) Arms: As … On a torse or & azure a mural crown argent & thereon a Catherine wheel azure encircled by 2 branches of laurel …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the manor of WINSTONE was held by Ansfrid de Cormeilles who had received it on his marriage to a niece of Walter de Lacy, 45 although Walter's son Hugh may have … Despenser acquired, reverting to the Crown on the death of Catherine Parr in 1548. 61 The Crown sold the manor in 1553 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winterbourne WINTERBOURNE, a chapelry, in the parish of Chieveley, union of Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county … county of Dorset.See Anderston. Winterbourne-Basset (St. Catherine) WINTERBOURNE-BASSET ( St. Catherine), a parish, in the union of Marlborough, hundred of …