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A History of the County of London
… Austin canons Priory of Southwark 7. THE PRIORY OF SOUTHWARK The original name of this priory, St. Mary Overy, signified … the altars and graveyard. 21 To this work John Gower, the poet, is said to have been a liberal contributor. Bishop …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Christopher) AYLESBEAR ( St. Christopher), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury … of Devon, 8 miles (E.) from Exeter; containing, with the tything of Newton-Poppleford, 982 inhabitants. It … of Catigern. Sir Charles Sedley, a celebrated wit and poet in the reign of Charles II., was born at the Stoars, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Ayr - Ayton Ayr AYR, a sea-port, burgh, and market-town, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, of which it is the capital, 77 miles (S. W. by W.) from Edinburgh, and 34 … the river Doon, is a stately monument to the honour of the poet Burns, erected at an expense of 2000, raised by …
Alumni Oxonienses
… B.C.L. 7 July, 1624, D.C.L. 8 July, 1628, chancellor of the diocese of Gloucester 1630, until his death 17 June, 1669, buried in the south side of choir. See Fasti, i. 442. Baber, Francis s. … See p.; Ath., iii. 35; & D.N.B. Barclay, Alexander de poet and divine. See Ath., i. 205. [ 40] Barcombe See also …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
… Beeby, William Sorby Mardon: University of Sheffield. Oldham, Norman Henry, B.A.: Pr. st. Westbrook, John 1: … Attained Scholarship standard, but disqualified by age for the award of the Scholarship. …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
… OF SCIENCE. GRADUATED WITH HONOURS AS INTERNAL STUDENTS. [ The Students whose names are printed in italics in square … Univ. Coll. [ Madge, Evelyn William: East Lond. C.] Oldham, Frank: King's College. [ Pearse, Reginald William … Lofthouse, Frances Winifred: Royal Holloway College. Oldham, Harry: King's College. [ Rivett, Frank Andrew James: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Hexthorp, a township and ecclesiastical parish, in the parish, union, and soke of Doncaster, W. riding of York, … W.) from Doncaster; containing 486 inhabitants. It lies on the east side of the river Don, on the roads from Doncaster … and the Dyers' Company. Samuel Rogers, the eminent poet, was born in that part of Newington green which is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Balliol College BALLIOL COLLEGE History of the College 'The most auntient endowed Colledg in Christendome as Sir Hen. … 1 had a humble beginning, and was an unimportant part of the University until the 19th century. In the following …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Churches CHURCHES. Bampton was the site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster whose extensive … Bourton, Ducklington, Cokethorpe, Standlake, and Yelford. The churches of all those places were claimed as chapels in … vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and a minor poet, resided from c. 1798, and briefly served Owen's cure …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Introduction BAMPTON AND WEALD THE townships of Bampton and Weald, together c. 4,034 a., 30 adjoined the parish boundary on the south and south-west. Highmoor … evidence that other family members were implicated. 39 The poet John Philips (d. 1709) was born at Bampton in 1676, a …