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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … invasion, was the capital of the Belgian territory in Britain. It retained its pre-eminence till it fell under the … latter part of his reign, yet he invariably celebrated the festival of Easter in this city. In 1079, Walkelyn, a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great, in A.D. 856 1 there is no authentic …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Lying on what was formerly the Derbyshire side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th … and private housing development in the south-eastern part of the township. Winshill was a township in Burton ancient … there ought to have been an increase). Geol. Surv. of Gt. Britain, sheet 141 (1976); Soil Surv. of Eng. and Wales …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… rectangular parish covering over 3,500 acres on both sides of the South Winterborne river 2 miles S.W. of Dorchester. It lies entirely upon Chalk, which is overlaid … is perhaps the most impressive prehistoric earthwork in Britain. The complex structure and history of the monument, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably modified. In the first place, the fen portion of the ancient parish, containing Parson Drove (q.v.), has …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but … is an exception. R. W. L. Melbourne, Isle of Ely (Land of Britain, 71), 279, 297. In 1895 nearly 20 per cent. of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a shadow of its former self but is an important boundary, separating, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the … grandson of the latter, sold it about 1910 to Mr. Frank Britain. The property was re-sold about 1933. 42 CHURCHES …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elections CORPORATION ELECTIONS The annual election of the capital burgesses was made an excuse for festivities. … they were modest. In 1617, for example, an expenditure of only 3 s. 3 d., which included bread, beer, and a fire in … surprising to learn that this feast had by 1679 proved 'of inconveniancye to the Townshipp by retardin the election . …