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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) CHIDDINGSTONE ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Seven-Oaks, hundred of Somerden, lathe of … from Seven-Oaks; containing 1405 inhabitants. The parish in the Textus Roffensis is called Cidingstne, and in other … uses. A cell of monks, here, from the monastery of Up-Holland, had the great tithes before the Reformation. …
The Environs of London
… CHISLEHURST. Etymology. The name of this place is written in ancient records, Ciselhyrst 1. Later records vary it to … &c. The mode of spelling now generally adopted, and used in all public proceedings, is Chislehurst. Situation. … issue, their sister Joan (married, first, to Sir Thomas Holland, afterwards to Edward the Black Prince) became their …
Old and New London
… is affecting the once out-lying towns and villages in its immediate vicinity on both sides of the river. Many … the gigantic city; whilst others are so rapidly increasing in size that they, too, will soon lose all signs of a … erected the monument in the chancel to his friend Charles Holland, the actor, who died at Chiswick House; and he also …
The Environs of London
… Chiswick CHISWICK. Name. This parish is not to be found in Doomsday book 1; it is mentioned in various records of the reign of Henry III. by the name of … to be excepted out of the act of oblivion. He retired to Holland before the return of Charles II. and died at …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Chiswick Churches CHURCHES. In 1181 the canons of St. Paul's had a church for their manor … of its first daughter church, at Turnham Green, in 1845. 41 Vicars were presented by the chapter of St. … earl of Bedford, and memorials to the actor Charles Holland (d. 1769) by W. Tyler, to the porcelain manufacturer …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… dating from Mesolithic to Roman times have been found in the Thames, and a Roman presence is attested by coins, notably from an urn dug up at Turnham Green in 1731 and by brickwork beneath the manor house of Sutton. … Gascoyne (1700-61), lord mayor of London, and Charles Holland (1733-69), actor and son of a local baker, were both …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Conquest the canons of St. Paul's held 5 hides, which in 1086 constituted one manor within the vill of Fulham. 31 … of 3 hides and 2 hides were still said to form one manor in 1222. 32 The division presumably had arisen from the need … earl of Ilchester (1704-76), 52 and Henry, later Lord Holland (1705-74), 53 were born. Eighteenth-century lessees …
Alumni Oxonienses
… page 263. Cholmley, (Sir) Henry (Chomeleye) of Hart Hall in and before 1568; of Lincoln's Inn 1577 (as of Yorks), of … employed on several diplomatic missions, e.g. sent to Holland, in 1587, to promote a peace with Spain, lord of the … 1671), 'founder of the English Church at Rotterdam and Amsterdam,' minister of Udny, co. Aberdeen, 1676-81, of Old …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1257 and common; Cherley, 1276; Chorlegh, 1292 and common. In 1302 the defendant to a claim regarding a way in 'Cherlegh' replied that there was no such place in the … or were later acquired by her. She was sister of Robert de Holland, and thrice married. By her first husband, Sir John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Chorlton - Churchdown Chorlton CHORLTON, a township, in the parish of Backford, union of Great Boughton, Higher … tithes have been commuted for 100. Chorlton Hall, rebuilt in the year 1845, may be mentioned as the place where George … with those erected by Peter Marsland, Esq., Roger Holland, Esq., Ottiwell Wood, Esq., and others, having …