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A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Parliamentary Representation. What came in the 18th century to be regarded as the most important … Banbury's M.P. belonged to the local country gentry. In March 1554 the town was represented by Thomas Denton of … by his brother John. 2 Sir Francis Walsingham was elected in 1562 but chose to sit instead for Lyme Regis (Dorset). 3 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Banff BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief town, 165 … Inverness; containing 3958 inhabitants. This place, called in ancient records, Bainiffe, Boineffe, &c., appears to have derived its name from the district in which it is situated, and which obtained the appellation …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bardsey (All Saints) BARDSEY ( All Saints), a parish, in the Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding … and part of Wike, 469 inhabitants, of whom 364 are in the township of Bardsey-with Rigton, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) … contains some quarries of excellent stone for building, in which are found many fossils; and abounds with pleasing …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… lies 6.5 km. north-east of Cirencester and is irregular in shape, extending from Ready Token at the junction of the … an ancient park and a common pasture called Barnsley Wold in the north-west of the parish, the land was occupied by … 174461, was also rector of Tackley (Oxon.); Christopher Golding, 17614, 233 was warden of Winchester College; 234 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Bartholomew) BARROW ( St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Great Boughton, Second division of the … de Swinerton, an heiress of whose family brought them, in marriage, to Sir John Savage, who was knighted by Henry V. … a fine view of the city of Chester, with the Welsh hills in the distance. The road from Chester to Northwich passes on …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… signifies the residence of Bar. Siward Bar is mentioned in Domesday Book as holding East Beckham in Norfolk of the Conqueror; and Sier Bar had the lordship of Sheringham, in the same county. In the reign of Edward the Confessor, …
Old and New London
… Post Office, Lombard StreetAlexander Pope's Father in Plough CourtLombard Street TributariesSt. Mary WoolnothSt. … all his expenses to go and dispose of a valuable property in New York. His annual income was guessed at 12,000. It is said that half the landed property in England had passed under his hammer. Robins, with …
A Survey of London
… house, wherof the ward taketh name. It beginneth in the South by the late spoken Market house called the Bay … weauers hal, which companie hath beene of great antiquitie in this Citie, as appeareth by a Charter of Henrie the second, in these wordes. Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. to be Englished …
The Environs of London
… BATTERSEA. Etymology. The parish of Battersea lies in the hundred of Brixton, and is situated near the river … The name has undergone several changes. In the Conqueror's Survey, it is called Patricesy; and has … I have not been able to find any thing on the subject in his printed works,) indulges in the most ridiculous …
Old and New London
… the substantial gift of the barony of Little Dunmow, in Essex. This chieftain built the castle, which derived its name from him, and, dying in the reign of Rufus, the castle descended to his grandson, Henry Baynard, who in 1111, however, forfeited it to the Crown for taking part …