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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was partly destroyed by a fire which, beginning in a smith's shop, burnt 135 bays of building and caused damage … inn that has been found recorded in the parish. Nottswood Hill, on the northern boundary of the parish, is the main … tithe award; Census, 1931 (pt. ii). Census, 1891; O.S. Area Bk. Westbury on Severn (1880); O.S. Map 1/2,500, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Blandford Forum 5 BLANDFORD FORUM (8806) (O.S. 6 ins. ST. 80 NE) Blandford Forum, the largest town … stands in a curve of the R. Stour which bounds it to S. and W. The land varies in altitude between 100 ft. and 200 … of Greensand ashlar with dressings of Portland and Ham Hill stone; the roofs are tiled and of lead. The original …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… barber-surgeon (Chandler 1616. ?Pewterer 1631. King's servant 1631. Surgeon. BS 1658.) Period of medical practice … and finally signed to that effect at the President's house. Attitude of the accused submitted to the College … (Others on it were BUTLER 135, TRIGG 746, BUGGS 130, HILL 395?, BLAYDEN 93, DUNCOMBE 240, GLOVER friend of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… arable land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 16. 10. 7.; net income, 752; patron, C. Chaplin, … of Hallaton, union of Uppingham, hundred of Gartree, S. division of the county of Leicester, 7 miles (N. E.) from … turnips, and potatoes, and the scenery is varied with hill and dale, wood and water. The river affords great …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 68 years, built the house to his own design in the 1790's, when it was described as 'a neat house on a pleasing … (d. 1701), from whom it descended to his son-in-law Baldwin Conyers. 94 John Conyers sold it in 1750 to John … Geo. II Hil. Burke, Land. Gent. (1906), i. 5767; Hill, Gartree, i.218, 223; Dalby MS. 3/8. Local inf. L.R.O. …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… BLAYDEN Gender Male Primary occupation non-medical (King's servant 1630.) Period of medical practice 1620-1640 Other … of illegal practitioners who gained immunity as the King's servants. This list had been sent with a petition to the … (Others on it were BUTLER 135, TRIGG 746, BUGGS 130, HILL 395?, DUNCOMBE 240, BLANKE 92, GLOVER friend of BUTLER). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Bledlow 9. BLEDLOW. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxvii. N.W. (b)xxxvii. S.W. (c)xli. N.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of Holy … b(15). Bledlow Cross, is cut in the chalk on the side of a hill, about 1 mile S.S.W. of the village: it is of the Greek …
A History of the County of Oxford
… battle of Blenheim. Granted with the park were the king's houses (sometimes called the royal palace or manor house of Woodstock), demolished soon afterwards. 21 The duke's new house there was called first Blenheim House then … quantity' of bones, was discovered on the 'brow of the hill' north-east of Combe Bottom (the western arm of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim Park to 1705 Park to 1705 A park around the king's houses may have been defined before 1086 when woodland … nearby royal manor of Wootton was said to be in the king's enclosure ( in defensione regis). 30 Chroniclers asserted … north of Akeman Street. 93 In 1478-9 a new lodge at Callow hill (in Stonesfield parish) was said to be 'in the new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim The King's houses The King's houses Royal interest in the chase led to the establishment … 77 The site is marked by a memorial stone on the low hill immediately north-east of the Grand Bridge in Blenheim …