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A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Buildings Buildings. The castle, manor-house, vicarages, gaol, and other public buildings, as well as the domestic buildings in the hamlets, are described … constable was Thomas Chaucer, possibly the son of the poet, appointed in 1411; he was also constable of Wallingford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large area: the parish boundary … Banbury' and his long-winded delivery was satirized by the poet Richard Corbet. 100 Whateley died in 1639, but Anthony …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Introduction BANBURY Origins and Growth of the Town, p. 18. Buildings, p. 29. Castle, p. 39. Manors and … Nonconformity, p. 108. Education, p. 120. Charities for the Poor, p. 124. The borough of Banbury lies 22 miles north … method of teaching grammar was chosen as a model by Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, when he founded Manchester Grammar …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief town, 165 miles (N. by E.) from Edinburgh, on the road from Aberdeen to Inverness; containing 3958 …
Survey of London
… Bankside CHAPTER 7: BANKSIDE Next to Borough High Street, the road along the river wall of which Bankside forms a part is perhaps the … 1617. 130 A few years later John Taylor, the water poet, makes reference to having supper with "the Players" at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bardsey (All Saints) BARDSEY ( All Saints), a parish, in the Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of … S. division of the county of Lancaster, on the road to Oldham; containing about 2500 inhabitants. This district is … and the chancel. Nicholas Rowe, the dramatic writer, and poet-laureat to George I., was a native of the place. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… East (St. Mary) BARKWITH, EAST ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, E. division of the wapentake of Wraggoe, parts of Lindsey, county of … retreat here; but there are no remains of the house. The poet Smart resided upon his paternal estate in the parish; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BARNARD-CASTLE, a market-town and chapelry, in the parish of Gainford, union of Teesdale, S. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 25 miles (S. W. by W.) from Durham, and … see it carried into effect, died here in 1601. Cowley, the poet, resided here for some time. Barnesley, county of …
The Environs of London
… Barnes BARNES. Boundaries and name. The parish of Barnes lies in the hundred of Brixton; it is situated near the Thames, at … that it was the temporary residence of Cowley the poet. The author of his life attributes to it a character, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Park Barnsley BARNSLEY, a markettown and chapelry, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, W. riding … from London; containing 12,310 inhabitants. This place, in the Domesday survey "Bernesleye," and called also Bleak … Thomas Harding, Jesuit professor at Louvain; and Gay, the poet, who was born in the neighbourhood, received the …