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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… more pleasing to the thoughtful mind than a contemplation of the changes wrought by time on the face of natureand few places present a more ample field for such … They therefore obtained, by the mediation of certain members, who were friends of the Portreeve, an extension of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Beckbury BECKBURY The small rural parish of Beckbury lies on the ShropshireStaffordshire border c. 6 km. south of Shifnal. In the Middle Ages (perhaps from the 12th … from c. 1812 until 18345. In 1815 the society had four members. 58 In 1840 the house of Richard Adams, an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bridget) BECKERMET ( St. Bridget), a parish, in the union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland; containing 630 inhabitants. The village of … 23rd of Edward I., since which time it has returned two members; the mayor is returning officer. The county …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Beckingham BECKINGHAM. B echingham was a Beru of Lanum, the archbishop of Yorks Sok. There was also a manor of Roger de Buslies fee, which before his time Osbern had, …
Survey of London
… Place Area Bedford Street A stone now in the garden of the Bedford Office in Bloomsbury is incised with the legend 'Here is Bedford Streete F E B' [Francis Earl of Bedford]. It bears no date, but in the parish ratebooks … a plain ceiling with a carved plaster cornice in three members: the dining-room on this storey had two pedimented …
Survey of London
… as Chandos Street. It takes its name from the fourth Earl of Bedford's father-in-law, the third Lord Chandos. The part comprised in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, extended westward from Bedford … Street to include (on the north side) the eastern part of the present Peabody Estate frontage (that is, the sites of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BEDMINSTER ( St. John the Baptist), a parish, and the head of a union, partly in the county of the city of Bristol, and partly in the hundred of … intermissions; but since then it constantly returned two members, until its disfranchisement by the act of the 2nd of …
A History of the County of York
… Romano-British York, p. 2. Anglian York, p. 3. The School of York, p. 6. Danish and Viking York, p. 9. The Rule of the Earls, p. 13. The Norman Conquest, p. 17. The City in … split among factions. A highly heterogeneous body, many members of which spent their time campaigning, they may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Begbroke Church Church The earliest evidence of a church at Begbroke is 12th-century work in the building. … in the 18th century that Begbroke was the 'mother church' of Yarnton, 58 but no record of such a relationship has been … year of 1349. 83 On three occasions in the 13th century members of the Lyons family presented relatives to the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the seventeenth century, it must have been under the name of CALICO. OED earliest date of use: 1725 Sources: Acts, Rates. References: Yule and … Belly band [bellybond; belly bond; bally band] An item of HARNESS for use with a CART or other shafted HORSE drawn …