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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… West River, forming a triangle with a base on the river and an apex to the south. It covered 4,694½ a. until 1884, … from 2 m. (6½ ft.) by the river to 7 m. in the village and 9 m. in the south. Gravels underlie the south-west part and the village, clays the south-east. Much of the north is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… return of writs, view of frankpledge, the assize of bread and of ale, and a gallows. 69In the late 14th century the court usually … more often. It remained the means by which tenurial and agricultural business was managed in the village until …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… List of maps Manors and other estates Manors and other estates Ufi probably left the whole vill to Ely abbey between 996 and 1001. 89In 1066 Ely's WILLINGHAMmanor was assessed at 7 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from the rectory in 1662. 83The Congregational chapel and its Baptist successor later dated their foundation to that year. 84Bradshaw continued to preach in Willingham and neighbouring villages until he removed to London c. 1667, … ed. Turner, i. 315-16, 319, 465. Calamy Revised, 70. Cf. Norris, Willingham, 29. Trans. Cong. Hist. Soc. xii. 126-8. …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… Laurence aforesaid, also his entire aumbry ( almariolam) and chest with two covers in the seld of Alice de Arraz. 1 To … payment of an annuity to Albreda, sister of the said John, and with the maintenance of two wax tapers in the said parish … S. Owen or Ewin within Newgate. Filiola. Possibly Sandy, co. Beds. A marginal note states that this testament …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, … A more regular stratified sandstone occurs under the sandy surface at Swindon, and is in much request for paving, …
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 … a stratum of gravel; black mould upon gravel and clay; sandy loam upon a clay bottom; and strong loam upon the same; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. Allen which joins the Stour in … almost entirely of flat river terraces between 60 ft. and 70 ft. above O.D., except in the N.E. where the land … pediment with a cartouche-of-arms of Hanham impaling Norris (Sir W. Hanham married Mary Norris of Nonsuch in …
A Dictionary of London
… Mill Alley West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by offices and business houses. Name derived from the sign, or perhaps … Windsor House See Nevill's Inn. Windsor Street East out of Sandy's Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-O. …
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 … Davis, op. cit. i, 6301, printing letter from Sir Henry Norris to Cecil. Holinshed, op. cit. iii, 1209. The queen was …