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A History of the County of Hampshire
… may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. … of this church can only be left to conjecture, but Wolstan in his poem on St. Swithun 1 mentions a tower, apparently a … masonry of the piers, but all the detail is very bold and vigorous, and the lines of the high vault entirely …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor … formed part of some older building. The Clewer tower has a bold battering plinth, but was raised in 1863 and cased … above these a row of sham loops. The whole is crowned by a bold machicolated parapet, which is interrupted towards the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winestead (St. German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of … Hedon; containing 139 inhabitants. The parish is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of … of the high grounds the views are very extensive, and both bold and beautiful. The Amber, a small stream, runs through …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Winkeburne. Wincheburne WINKEBURNE. WINCHEBURNE. In Wincheburne before the coming of the Normans, Swayne had … Gislebert de Tysun (whose fee it became afterwards) 1 had in demesne two car. and fifteen sochm. on four bov. of land, … park. Winkburne chapel is situate near the Hall. It has a bold tower, and one aisle. In the chancel are two mural …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of … (All Saints) WINTERINGHAM ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, N. division of the wapentake … and the village, which is long and straggling, occupies a bold acclivity on the south side of the Humber, of which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wiswell Wisbech (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of … comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are common or waste. The … (St. Chad) WISHAW ( St. Chad), a parish, in the union of Aston, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow … about mile N.E. of Witchampton village, was established in the second half of the 18th century to accommodate the inhabitants of Moor Crichel (p. 44), displaced in the making of Crichel Park. An extensive area of common …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, … 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 17. 10.; net income, 400; patron, the … Upper WITTON, UPPER, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Aston, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wollaston (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of … the livings of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the … a fine collection of paintings. On its south side is a bold terrace, adjacent to which is a tastefully laid-out …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wollaton, Olaveston WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called … four car. small wood, one leuc. long, one qu. broad. In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 100s. … now venerable, thy towery crested presence, eminently bold seated, strikes the beholder with respectful awe. Unlike …