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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wembworthy Welnetham, Great WELNETHAM, GREAT, a parish, in the union of Thingoe, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … E. by S.) from Bury St. Edmund's; containing, with part of the hamlet of Sicklesmere, 514 inhabitants. The living is a … was purchased in 1665 by Daniel Wycherley, father of the poet, and by him sold to the unprincipled Judge Jeffreys, who …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a markettown and parish, the head of a union, and formerly an incorporated borough, in … district, in the parochial chapelryand poor-law union of Oldham, parish of Prestwich, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, adjoining the town of Oldham. This place, anciently Fernet, was held in the reign …
A History of the County of Essex
… at 1 hide and 25 a.; in 1086 Roger of Poitou, lord of the honor of Lancaster, held it in demesne together with a … 11½ a. was held freely. 88 Roger's fief was forfeited to the Crown in 1102, and granted c. 1126 to Count Stephen of … Horkesley. 4 In 1639 he was succeeded by his son the poet Sir John Denham who in 1641 sold the manor to Sir …
Old and New London
… West Brompton and the South Kensington Museum CHAPTER IX. WEST BROMPTON, SOUTH … th' invisible universal Lord, Who lets once more in peace the nations meet, Where Science, Art, and Labour have … Brompton, which isor, rather, was till latelya hamlet to the parish of Kensington, is situated on the north side of …
The Environs of London
… WESTHAM. Situation, and boundaries. This parish lies in the hundred of Becontree; and is bounded on the east by Eastham; on the north by Wansted and Leyton; on … 4s. 8d. ( in toto) 9s. 4d." Aaron Hill. The celebrated poet and dramatic writer Aaron Hill, when he withdrew himself …
A History of the County of Essex
… or earlier. At that date Plaistow had about 29 per cent of the houses in the parish. 3 The other wards, for which there are no … house occupied by Aaron Hill (16851750), the dramatist and poet. 15 It was demolished shortly before 1811. 16 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… WORTHIES. 1 Richard de Montfitchet (d. 1267), lord of the principal manor in East Ham and West Ham, was one of the barons appointed to enforce Magna Carta. 2 Robert Fabyan … West Ham local board. 48 Gerard Manley Hopkins (184489), poet, 49 and Anna Kingsford (184688), mystical writer, 50 …
Survey of London
… Broken red line shows former Clerkenwell parish boundary The area described in this chapter lies at the western edge … at Coldbath Square from 1733 to 1736; Henry Carey, the poet and musician, in Dorrington Street from the 1730s until … demolished for an extension to Coldbath Fields Prison. 107 Oldham Place and Oldham Gardens In 1813 the one-time smallpox …
A History of the County of Sussex
… West Tarring WEST TARRING The former parish of West Tarring, 1 now part of Worthing borough, lay between the South Downs and the sea; the prefix distinguishes it from … 39 and the west window erected to the memory of the poet Southey by his daughter, the wife of J. W. Warter. 40 …
The Environs of London
… &c. This parish takes its name from two brooks (of which the Brent is one) which run near or through it. It is called West Twyford, to distinguish it from a hamlet of the same name in the parish of Wilsdon. This parish lies in … Parish church. Monuments of the Moyles. Henry Bold, the poet. Fabian Philips. A survey or visitation of the church of …