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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the N. by Chapel Brampton, on the W. by Harlestone, on the S.W. by Duston, on the S.E. by Northampton and on the E. by … a mammoth tusk and hipbone and mammoth remains (NM). From 'Martin's Brickyard' ( c. SP 747614) are recorded an iron … from 'near Spencer Bridge' and remains of mammoths from 'Martin's pit', both recorded in 1932 (NM records), may be the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Walsall, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of … beautifully scrolled or figured iron from which gentlemen's sporting guns are made; their own smelting-works prepare … rock beneath it; the trunk was as thick as the body of a man, and from it sprang three arms or branches. This rare and …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… has a little tower: Here are two brass figures, of a man and woman; but no inscription: Ragnal is considered now …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the enclosure known as Burnt Walls (35), which lies to the S. of Borough Hill; not only is it of unusual form, but also … The highest point, almost 200 m. above OD, is near the S. end. The base of the whole hill is at about 145 m. above … op. cit., 343). In it he found 'part of a skeleton of a man, the tooth of a horse and several other bones', near the …
Survey of London
… of Instruction and Industry for the parish of St. George's, Hanover Square, decided to establish a day school in the … Board by the estate surveyor, Eustace Balfour, as an 'able man' who had 'done some excellent work'. The slightly … South Molton Lane, to John Bolding and Sons. 147 Balfour's faith in Blomfield was rewarded by a building, executed in …
Survey of London
… and enlarged earlyGeorgian house built in the 1720's (Plate 18a), and to the east and south-east is a … House appears to have been adopted only in the 1860's, 21 Bourdon being the surname of the original lessee and … still drawing half pay in 1722. 22 Bourdon was clearly a man of some standing, being both a Justice of the Peace for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Sutton Maddock, Little Wenlock, and Wellington Rural C.P.s were added to Dawley, and 12 a. (5 ha.) at Hollinswood were … of the coalfield. The highest land was along the parish's north-western edge, where the ground rises to 208 metres … (1848-83), the son of a Dawley physician and the first man to swim the English Channel (in 1875); 11 Albert Stanley …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… impropriator paid the curate a stipend of 20 marks (£13 6 s. 8 d.) 28 and by the early 18th century the curate was said to have c. £12 yearly, 29 made up of a modus of £6 6 s. 8 d. for tithes in Malinslee, a payment of £4 10 s. from … assistant curates at Dawley. Robert Bromhall, an elderly man, was licensed as deacon there in 1697 and also served …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a. of woodland in Little Dawley. 95 In Malinslee the lord's wood, probably 'Lywode' mentioned in 1420, was subject to … 97 In the 18th and early 19th century much of the parish's woodland was coppiced to provide charcoal and pit-props for … in the township occupying from 7½ a. to 105 a. One man held 10 a. on which he kept three cows. 42 On the Slaney …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a member of the Pantulfs' barony of Wem; the township's constable continued to attend the court at Hinstock until … by 1199, was dead by 1203 and Dawley passed to William's son or brother, Alan. Alan's heir, Adam Pantulf, was a … Feud. Aids, iv. 219. Eyton, vii. 340-1. Below, Wellington, Man. and Other Est. P.R.O., CP 25(2)/202/32 Eliz. I Trin. …