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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost without a break, the borough … who represented Wilton in the Parliaments of 13045, 1309 and 131415, was a goldsmith, 3 Walter Colkyng, one of the … men whose interests were centred in the borough and its suburbs; nearly all of them can be identified as of Wilton, …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton … trenched, manured, and very well ordered for the growth of musmilions." Manor-house pulled down and rebuilt. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … can hardly be other than c. 1720. Others of comparable growth in the East Avenue and the magnificient West Avenue …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a … St. Swithin, a native, either of the city or its suburbs, presided over the see. By his advice, the latter … Stephen and Matilda. The population was great, and the suburbs, in every direction, extended a mile further than …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Winchester in general. 1. St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after the Dissolution as a charitable institution until … and necessitous men and women born in the city, soke or suburbs, who have been resident in the same not less than ten …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … swept up the whole legal business of Winchester and its suburbs within the seven-league limit, while every function …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Hyde Abbey Gateway In the most northerly of the old suburbs of the city, St. Bartholomew, Hyde Street, the old … north from where Jewry Street meets the North Walls and City Road, passes west of the site of Hyde Abbey. There … in Hyde Street of early 17th-century date. It faces north and south at right angles to the street, and has been partly …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with … lay within the walls, but the east and west sokes, or suburbs, which entirely surrounded it, were for long … as the borough extended in widening circles to meet the growth of the population outside the old walls. From the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… William of Wykeham in 1387 on a site bought of the Prior and convent of St. Swithun, outside the jurisdiction of the mayor and corporation and within the bishop's own jurisdiction of the Soke. 1 The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. … the convicted citizen suffered brutal mutilation 2 and blinding. This law may well have been the Conqueror's. In … the warrant of royal charter to Wallingford, Portsmouth and possibly elsewhere. One illustration of this may be …