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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chosen annually at the manorial court of the Marquess of Bath. The countysessions of the peace for the summer quarter … was pulled down a few years since, and the Marquess of Bath erected, at his own expense, an elegant building in the … money payments. The parochial church, situated on the Bath road, near the north-western extremity of the town, is a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and east of Norridge Woods from near Bugley across the Bath road to the Westbury road below Arn Hill. 46 In 1349 the … Laurence Mead. Bristol Mead lay on the stream between the Bath and Westbury roads, north of Gas House Farm; meadow land … and in the 1850's Warminster onions were well known at Bath. 63 In 1867 there were 18 market gardeners, almost all …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… gave it in prebendam to Reynold Fitz Jocelin, Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose episcopate began in 1174, and Richard I … Nicholas Avenel, lord of Furnax, disputed the Bishop of Bath and Wells's right to present, whereas Thomas Mauduit … Bishop of Durham, acted as arbitrator. The Bishop of Bath and Wells abandoned any claim to the church in return …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… replaced by the house called Southdown. Brick Hill on the Bath road was so called in the early 17th century, 59 and a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… site of the town lay on a viable route from Salisbury to Bath; there the traveller could descend from the downs and … spend a night before going on to meet the road south from Bath near Beckington. 13 Warminster seems to have owed its … was noted. 48 There were routes from Salisbury to Bath which avoided Warminster altogether, and even if the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Astley of Everleigh. 75 In 1810 Astley exchanged with Lord Bath outlying parts of the estate in Corsley and the western … Partition, Astley and Lethbridge, 1801. Ibid. Exchange, Bath and Astley, 1810. Ibid. Exchange, Astley to Temple, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… created Viscounts Weymouth in 1682, and Marquesses of Bath in 1789. 73 Most of the property in the town was sold in … with the two portions. 78 About 1790 the lessee under Lord Bath sold the lease of the house to Thomas Marsh, a timber … front. In 1851 it was held with 30 a. of land under Lord Bath, and was described as a gentleman's residence. 80 In the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the tolls and in 1920 purchased them of the Marquess of Bath for £1,600. 49 Tolls of corn and other produce sold in … lease. In that year they were given up to the Marquess of Bath in return for the reversion of another house. 50 It is … the market complained in 1854 to the Marquess of Bath that railways made or projected would put Warminster …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and MS. 10652. Ibid. MSS. 10211, 10274, 11254. W.R.O. 132, Bath to Astley, 1810, and see above, p. 103. Bishopstrow …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Place and Weymouth Street was provided by the Marquess of Bath and opened in the same year. 31 It was designed by … the lease of a piece of land was secured from Lord Bath, and the scheme came into use in 1883. The board … engineer was called in, and negotiations begun with Lord Bath for the use of a spring at Aucombe near Shearwater. At …