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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Regis covering 8,312 acres lies 10 m. E.N.E. of Dorchester on the N. edge of the S. Dorset heathland. The whole of the … in a late 18th-century range of stabling. c(29) House, on Barrow Hill, of brick with a slated roof, is of the first … in the early 19th century. Earthworks, Etc. (66) Long Barrow, p. 431. (67116) Round Barrows, p. 435. (117) Mounds, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… commuted for 900, and there are nearly 11 acres of glebe. On the top of the western hill are the small but interesting … place, Berghamstede, is derived from its situation, either on a hill or near a fortress, which latter, from the site of … held here in 697. At the time of the Conquest, William, on his arrival at the place, was met by Stigand, Archbishop …
Old and New London
… to ruin sunk, Departed is the pious monk; God's blessing on his soul!" Scott. The Dissolution of Monasteries by Henry … "Lion and Castle"Cherry GardenSt. James's ChurchTraffic on the Railway near BermondseyMessrs. Peek, Frean, and Co.'s … first of his most admired composition: "'In lonely cot, by Humber's side.'" A large picture model of the "Siege of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century, had been added by the earlier 14th century. 6 On the east the north-south part of the parish boundary is marked by an ancient road, on the north-west the boundary was marked by another road, 7 and on the south the western part follows a stream and a ridge …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… inspector in the 1880s calculated that, of 1,204 families on his books, 530 (44 per cent) had moved within the year. 62 … prospered left the area 63 but most remained continually on the move within the East End. Emigration rose from 1,088 … ways was that of Arthur Harding, a criminal. 72 Descended on his father's side from Cornishmen who settled in the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… farming a block in the north-east corner of the parish on either side of Old Ford Road. 51 He and his sons were … farmhouses in Dog Row; presumably it was a brick house on the east side, leased with 1 a. to Abraham Neale in 1678 … his own estates by c. 1800. 72 The southernmost farmhouse on the eastern side of Dog Row had been leased to Matthew …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… rise to copyhold tenements, clustered around it, chiefly on the north and east. The excellence of the soil when … courtiers. They were especially associated with two houses on the east side of the green: the Corner House (Pyott's) and … rescued by a woman with whom he lived as a beggar on the green, may relate to a man who lived in the 15th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and subsequently destroyed by fire. The parish is situated on the road from Dursley to Tetbury and Cirencester, and … of Bewcastle. This place, which was a Roman station on the Maiden-way, derived its name from a fortress erected … the hundred of Bradley, and partly in that of Brightwell's-Barrow, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (N. …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… . ed. C. M. Barron and F. R. H. Du Boulay (London, 1971). Barrow, G. W. S., Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm … in the Middle Ages: Essays presented to C. R. Cheney on his Seventieth Birthday , ed. C. Brooks et al. (Cambridge, … York, 1929). Gray, H. L., The Influence of the Commons on Early Legislation (Cambridge, Mass., 1932). Gray, H. L., …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… by a valley running south-westwards from Downs Barn and on the southern boundary by a stream flowing through … and Barnsley in the west. BIBURY 1975 The parish lies on the Great Oolite, which on the high ground is overlaid by … of the abbot of Cirencester, 569 lord of Brightwells Barrow hundred. The ascription of hundredal status to Bibury …