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A History of the County of Essex
… building, 46.3 m. × 33.5 m., is the largest Norman keep in England, larger than the White Tower of London which was … family until 1920 when Captain E. J. Round sold it to the borough as a war memorial; money for the purchase was given … by W. D. Pearson, viscount Cowdray, high steward of the borough. 20 Eudes the sewer was probably constable of the …
A Survey of London
… so named of an olde Castle there: this Ward beginneth in the East, on the Thames side, at an house called … this Warde: and such be the boundes thereof. The Ornaments in this Warde, be parish churches 4. Of olde time a castle: … In the yeare 1307. the 35. of Edward the first, in a Parliament at Carlile, Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… of Lower Cockhill farm, and there were substantial farmers in the 16th century but little evidence of trade or … Cary and Ansford two of the three highest taxed were members of the Cary family. 18 Possibly the assault on a … families remained in the business in the 18th century. 28 Members of the Francis family were mercers in 1647 and 1793. …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… Castle Cary - Local Government LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE middle ages Castle Cary was the head of a barony as … 9 The parish council first met in January 1895 with eleven members and elected chairman, clerk, treasurer, waywarden, … firemen. A branch of the Red Cross was established with 10 members in 1938 and expanded during the war when a women's …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… change between 1766 and 1832 the number of people paying in North Cary doubled. 4 By 1839 there were 133 private … to go gold prospecting with him. 12 In the 1850s several members of the Clothier family and others emigrated to New Zealand. 13 Between 1872 and 1896 it was said 300 members of the Good Templars Lodge had left the area. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at least 1546. 1 The ancient parish was roughly square in shape and mainly lay immediately south, southeast, and … through Forebridge. All three roads now converge on the borough of Stafford near the Green Bridge. The ancient … pointing of the battlements, 'this little castle and the members about it . . . standing pleasantly nigh much game for …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Castle Frome 20 CASTLE FROME (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXVIII, S.W., (b)XXVIII, S.E., (c)XXXV, N.W.) Castle … Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Michael stands in the N. part of the parish. The walls are of local … the roofs are tiled. The Chancel and Nave were built in the first half of the 12th century. The church was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… stretches roughly northwards across the Brue valley in a narrow band from the Polden ridge. 18 It was formerly … West Polden Friendly Society, registered in 1839, included members from Catcott. 24 Nine ale sellers were in beach of … who were succeeded in 1826 by the Revd. John Dampier. Members of the Melliar family were also substantial tenants. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and canons came to hold those possessions which are found in their hands at the time of the Domesday Survey. 3 From … or entirely rebuilt by Ralph Luffa, who was consecrated in 1091; but hardly was the new building complete before it … and chorallost their stipends and were driven to petition Parliament in 1643 for means of livelihood. 55 With the …
A Dictionary of London
… Cattene Lane - Chapel in the Charnel at St. Mary Spitall Cattene Lane See Cate … into Devonshire Street, at No. 90 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. First mention : Strype, ed. … northern portion lying outside the City boundary in the Borough of Holborn and the City of Westminster (P.O. …