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A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton in 1840 Wincanton in 1885 The river Cale rises on the western scarp of the Selwood ridge just above the … between Oxford Clay, eventually joining the river Stour. 89 Wincanton town, presumably originating around the parish church on roughly level ground beside the Cale, first evidently …
Survey of London Monograph
… sent to England with news of the battle of Auray, fought on 29 September 1364, and whom King Edward forthwith … filius Johannis Ashwell nuper Regis Armorum' occurs on Close Roll, 20 Hen. VI, m. 3 d. A moot point whether … 2 eagles argent. Motto: Je Sers (Bookplate). 41. RICHARD PRESTON GRAHAM-VIVIAN, M.V.O., M.C. Graham-Vivian Bluemantle, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 Milton Abbas parish included the W. part … the eastern group of Winterbornes in Dorset. To the N., on both sides of the brook lay Whatcombe, now Higher … broad Chalk ridge between the Winterborne brook and the R. Stour. The dyke now extends from Whatcombe Down in the N.W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Oswi, and Leoflede, daughter of Brithnod the first abbot, on the admission into that monastery of their son Ailwin, … is supposed to have taken up his residence in the castle, on leaving which the king attempting to cross the Wash at an … a. 2 r. 34 p., and is bounded on the south by the river Stour. The living is a vicarage endowed with the rectorial …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… was resident at Witherslack Hall and paid tax that year on seven hearths. In 1684 a dispute between the Earl of Derby … brother, Matthew de Redemane, Roger de Burton, Richard de Preston, knights; Roger de Lancastre, brother of the said … Christopher Pekeryng, knight, James Layburn, esq., Tho 8 Preston, esq., Richard Gilpen, gentleman, W m Cairus, Tho. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 818 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Colne, comprises about 7000 acres: the soil is … 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Hereford; containing, with Preston-Wynne chapelry, 817 inhabitants, of whom 648 are in … is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Preston-Wynne annexed, valued in the king's books at 5. 1.; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Abingdon; containing 580 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Isis, and comprises 2168 a. 2 r. 22 p. … containing 261 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on the south by the English Channel, and comprises 1000 acres … 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Blackburn, on the road to Preston; containing 1073 inhabitants. This township comprises …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants are supplied with water by pipes from a spring on Mawndown, a hill about a mile distant. A woollen manufacture is carried on, but not on so large a scale as formerly; the articles … ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 1120 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by a portion of the county of Bedford, and … 427 inhabitants. It is situated near the Severn, on the road between Shrewsbury and Welshpool, from which … neat, and pleasantly situated on the right bank of the Stour. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal passes …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… minister in 1656. 55 Before 1693 a minister built a house on the waste at Oakengates and lived there, but within a few … assistant curate in Dawley. 68 William Sockett, rector of Preston upon the Weald Moors from 1714, also served Wombridge … News Letter, xxxiii. 12. Cartlidge, Usc-con, 66; above, Preston, Church. S.P.R. Lich. viii (1), 165-229; below, …