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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a … college holds a pre-eminent rank among the public literary institutions of the kingdom, and from a very early … 1784. In this noble institution many eminent prelates and literary characters have received their early education; …
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 … hospital, amounting annually to 1,681 6 s. 7 d. from rents and about 19 from consols, was consolidated with the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Winchester 1541-1857 INTRODUCTION Like Canterbury and Rochester, Winchester cathedral was reorganized after the … replace the monks. The offices of archdeacon of Winchester and Surrey were unaffected. Henry VIII issued statutes for … appointments do not give the number of the prebends, and the succession has to be traced by reference to …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 2 the site of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest …
Survey of London Monograph
… 930), but since then the succession has been maintained and Windsor is now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: … news of the battle of Auray, fought on 29 September 1364, and whom King Edward forthwith appointed Windsor herald ( … confirmed 1379, pat. 3 Ric. II, p. 1, m. 10, 3 August, and payment recorded in Issue Rolls passim down to Easter, 3 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … above 200 acres of wood; the surface is undulated, and the soil a strong fertile clay. The living is a rectory, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… within Holy Trinity ecclesiastical parish in 1867 and covering the whole of Winshill. 12 Because it was still … into Derby diocese. 13 John Gretton was named the patron, and the patronage has remained in his family. 14 Gretton also … was replaced by a new house in the mid 1960s. 18 Winshill Institute in Mount Street, opened in 1888, was used as a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… middle-class houses were built along the Ashby road, and there has also been extensive 20thcentury council and private housing development in the south-eastern part of … a mains water supply and sewage system. 1 Former Winshill Institute (now Roman Catholic church), Mount Strefset, from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the Presbyterian Thomas Ford, who lived in Winshill and apparently preached there as well as at a conventicle in … that year. 7 A chapel was built on waste ground in 1845, and on Census Sunday 1851 it had an afternoon congregation of … Roman Catholic church was opened in the former Winshill Institute in Mount Street in 1967. 18 L.R.O., B/V/1/75, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from … inhabitants. It is situated on the east side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary of that river. There is a … now no longer held. The parish is tolerably extensive, and the village, which is long and straggling, occupies a …