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A History of the County of Oxford
… Local Board. A rearguard action was led by the influential R. B. B. Hawkins, town clerk and former mayor, but an Act of … for public transport the corporation negotiated with the G.W.R. in the 1880s and later with the Regional Transport … 1937, and a deputy mayor's badge presented by Alderman C. W. Banbury in 1959 to commemorate the visit of Queen …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and … liberty of Bindon, Wareham division of Dorset, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Wareham; containing 505 inhabitants. It … northern acclivity of the downs, and comprises 2530 a. 1 r. 14 p., of which 957 acres are arable, 312 meadow and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a large proportion of it was bought by a syndicate led by W. N. Jones of Llandybie (Carms.) which resold later in the … f. 303v. Complete Peerage, vi. 447-50; D.N.B. Cal. Chart. R. 1300-26, 96-98; Complete Peerage, x. 348-56 Valor Eccl. … Mr. Gibbs, of Sheepcot. Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 166v. Yorks. Arch. & Top. Jnl. ix. 271-2. Cal. Chart. R. 1300-26, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… the tower is of red brick; the roofs are tiled. The S. and W. walls of the Old Nave (now the S. aisle) date probably … In the old wall, and now covered by a grating, is the W. jamb of a 13th-century doorway of two orders, the inner … in the panels and, below, on one side, the initials W.R (?) presumably for William Roper, the son-in-law of Sir …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Kennet (Parishes) Order. Letters of Innocent III, ed. C. R. and M. G. Cheney, pp. 165-6; Cart. Cirencester, ii, ed. C. … p. 433; Reg. Martival (Cant. & York Soc.), iv, p. 123. W.R.O., F 8/200/3/1, no. 36. Geol. Surv. Maps 1/50,000, … 1981; 1991. I. D. Margary, Rom. Roads in Brit. (1973), 99; W.R.O. 1300/47B; cf. above, Easton, intro.; Savernake, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from London; containing 25,401 inhabitants. This … south-east side. St. Martin's parish comprises 1392 a. 1 r. 35 p., of which 383 acres are arable, 725 meadow and …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… c. 31 March 1062 (Will. Malmesbury, Vita Wulfstani, ed. R. R. Darlington (Camden 3rd ser., xl) p. 18). Formally el. … el. abbot of Evesham (Ben., Worcs.) ( Chron. Evesham, ed. W. D. Macray (Rolls ser. xxix) pp. 155-6; Ann. Worc. p. … Wykes p. 220). D. 26 Jan. 1302 ( Reg. Sede Vacante, ed. J. W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc., 1897) p. 1). Commem. 27 …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 42 William de Furnivall chr. dyed the twelfth of April, 6 R. 2, seised of this mannor, &c. Thomasina his wife held the … rebuilt by the late duke Edward, was exhibited by Hodges, R. A. in 1772. A view of the Manergeri as designed by the late duchess, painted by P. Sanby, R. A. was exhibited at Spring Gardens in 1764. Thoroton's old …