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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 in. (a)XXXI, N.W. (b)XXXI, S.W.) Cerne Abbas is a parish and village 7 m. N. of Dorchester. The church, remains of the … chancelin E. window, numerous late 14th-century shields-of-arms, some fragments made up into shields with modern glass; … In N. aislein W. window, two fleurs-de-lis and a shield-of-arms of the See of Exeter, early 16th-century. In W. window …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in the S.E. part of the parish. The walls are of flint and stone rubble with freestone dressings; the roofs are covered with slates and tiles. The Chancel was rebuilt early in the 16th century. … 1862, and others, white marble wall-tablet with shield-of-arms, by G. Wood, Bristol. Floor-slab: In naveto Edmund …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is the principal monument. Roman (1). In Messrs. Christian and Neilson's gravel-pit, 700 yards S.E. of the parish … Cicilye, wife of Thomas Owen, 1603, with shield-of-arms. Indent: Outside N. doorwayof figure, broken. Chair (Plate, p. xlii): In chancelwith carved back, shaped arms, moulded legs with carved rail and claw-feet, late …
Alumni Oxonienses
… B.A. 1708, M.A. 1712, vicar of Long Burton 1712-18, and of Lillington 1718-57, rector of Purse Candle, Dorset, … 1508-9, of Exeter Coll., rector of Broughton, Wilts, 1504, and of Donhead St. Mary and of Poulshot, Wilts, 1509. See Foster's Index …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… this period heavy-weight IRON CHAIN for use as CABLE CHAIN and for many other purposes was hand made by shaping short … Originally chandeliers were made of brass with branching arms with sockets for candles. By the early-eighteenth … have been modelled on the brass ones with rigid S shaped arms made in glass, attached to a metal frame, with glass …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Chalfont St. … of a woman, c. 1515, see indent (5); (5) shield with arms, a cheveron with three scallops thereon with a griffon's … slab, probably part of larger one, (6) two shields, with arms somewhat defaced. Indents: in N. aisle(1) of two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Chalfont St. … in the middle of the village. It was re-built in the 18th and 19th centuries, but contains, from the old church, the … built of brick. ConditionNot very good. a(8). The Bakers' Arms Inn, is of two storeys, built probably in the 17th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in June, 1643, between the royalists under Prince Rupert, and a detachment of the parliamentarian army under the Earl … it. A handsome and commodious hotel, called the Chard Arms, has been erected in the Fore-street, at an expense of … architecture, and has twice sustained injury by fire. The arms of Hugh Brent, and a rose, the badge of Edward IV., are …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… of all the Officers of the Wardrobe of the King's Houses, and of the removing Wardrobes, Beds, Tents, Revels, Musick, … King's or Queen's Service; as well as of the Sergeants at Arms, Physicians, Apothecaries, Surgeons, &c. and finally of His Majesty's Chaplains. 1 The lord …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… yet on the edge of a still steeper declivity. Its cottages and trees are scattered along a lofty brow overhanging the … the vallum of a Roman station is still extremely distinct, and the little Chapel of Ebchester, a farmhold, and a few thatched cottages stand within the very area of the …