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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woolland 58 WOOLLAND (7706) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the Chalk, its S.E. boundary coinciding with the summit of the escarpment at … of Mary Argenton, 1616 (Plate 40); above, figure of lady at prayer wearing ruff and farthingale; below, on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … visited here before the Reformation, and a well called Our Lady's Well is still in repute for its medicinal properties. … right of his wife Alesia, heiress of Robert Banastre. This lady was afterwards married to Sir John Langton, whose …
The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … trustees. I know not what became of it immediately after Lady Hastings's death. Philipott says, that the Boughtons … of Woolwich is about 1200. Extracts from the Register. "Lady Judith Barkham, buried March 19, 17234." John Kerr 47, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton … of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … income of 236; the patronage and impropriation belong to Lady Payne. The church contains numerous monuments to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to … Series to Northampton Sands and Upper Lias Clay in the S. with a little alluvium on the sides of the Wootton Brook. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was … for old people later. West of the village a new farmstead, Lady Margaret Farm, was built c. 1972. 29 WOOTTON RIVERS 1842 … an arable and dairy farm of c. 1,500 a. A new dairy, Lady Margaret Farm, was built c. 1972, and in 1997 a dairy …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … and a shot having been fired into the city, through a hole made in the gate, the cavaliers sallied out on the … are modern compositions of later English architecture. The Lady chapel, also early English, consisting of a nave and …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… the ten canons, all of whose prebends were in the king's gift, and were always referred to by their numbers. 1 A few … when one of the prebends was annexed by Charles I to the Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity. Like the University … and they have continued to be called by these names. The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity, previously annexed …