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Alumni Oxonienses
… Pembroke College, out of Broadgates Hall in 1624, one of the translators of the New Testament, was never beneficed, dean of Winchester … 1606, M.A. 1610 (incorp. 14 July, 1612), B.D. 1617, 'poet' turned Catholic, admitted to the convent of St. John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ABBAS-COMBE, or Temple-Combe ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Horethorne, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Wincanton, on the road to Blandford; containing 461 inhabitants. It derived … tree was afterwards consumed by fire. William Walsh, the poet, and a correspondent of Pope's and Addison's, was born …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… WALES. Abbey Cwm Hr ABBEY CWM HR, a parish, in the union of Rhaiadr, comprising the hamlet of Cevnpawl in the hundred of Kevenlleece, and the … the residence of Ieuan ddu ab Davydd ab Owain, an eminent poet, who flourished about the middle of the fifteenth …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Abbey-Green ABBEY-GREEN, a considerable village, in the parish of Lesmahago, Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 6 miles (S. W.) from Lanark; … a distinguished Greek scholar; Arthur Johnston, a Latin poet; Dr. James Gregory, and his sons, afterwards professors …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Aberdour - Anderston Aberdour ABERDOUR, a parish, in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen; comprising the village of Pennan, and containing 1645 inhabitants, of … of danger, one of which was the favourite resort of the poet Thomson, and still bears his name. A monument has been …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… children at 1 s. a week, which was paid out regularly by the churchwardens until 1816 and thereafter into the National … 190 M. Rothschild first roll 1979: 170 M. St. Mary's C.E., Oldham's Terrace, High Street. Day sch. for poor children of … 1819. 97 Separate sch. for I built 1837 at north end Oldham's Terrace. 1846-7 a.a. 43 B, 40 G, 79 I. Financed by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hill Park, and Iron-Age coins near Bollo Lane. 71 Although the name Acton, meaning 'oak town', is Anglo-Saxon, it was … Priory, with the building of the infants' school in 1837, Oldham's Terrace, and the National school. The larger houses … Hill Terrace as far as Avenue Road, from Langley Drive to Oldham's Terrace, were cleared, and by the late 1970s a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were inns from an early date, due to Acton's position on the Oxford road. The Tabard on the Hope was mentioned in 1377 and 1505, the … among taverns around London by John Taylor, the 'water poet', in 1636 95 and the vestry met at the King's Head in …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… 1699, Oct. 4.Nathaniel Markewick, S.T.B., installed in the prebend of Easton in Gordano, on the death of William Birstall, S.T.B., pursuant to mandate of … for a year; 1 l. 1 s. 6 d. to Mr. Skilbeck, a clergyman, poet; 1 s. to a woman and 4 children, her husband killed on …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Acts of the Court of High Commission ACTS OF THE COURT OF HIGH … Margaret his wife. Witnesses for defendants sworn. John Oldham, clerk, rector of Shipton Moigne. Appeared and took … Frost, clerk Cause to be heard next court day. John Oldham, clerk Appeared and took oath to be examined before …