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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… renewed. Architectural DescriptionThe Chancel (20 ft. by 14 ft.) has an E. window of three lights and tracery; the … carried along the walls of the nave. The Nave (38 ft. by 17 ft.) has N. and S. arcades of three bays; the arches … into the aisle; the extra width of the aisle is caused by the N. wall of the chancel being set back from the N. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Northallerton; containing 178 inhabitants. It is … has been much mutilated by repairs. Twelve children are educated for an annuity of 12, paid out of the chapel lands. … for reading, writing, and arithmetic only; thirty of the boys and twenty of the girls are maintained and apprenticed. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… of Magdalen Hall 1648, student of Christ Church 1648 by the visitors, B.A. 2 Aug., 1651, M.A. 7 July, 1654. See … at Houghton Strother, near the Tyne, Northumberland, and educated as a chorister in the Benedictine convent of Durham, … 16, chorister 1670-6, clerk 1676-9, B.A. 1677; vicar of Monks Kirby, co. Warwick, 1706. See Bloxam, i. 95, ii. 77. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was enlarged by the addition of two detached parts of Walberton in the … Ralph 43 had it in 1551. 44 Ralph's brother-in-law Richard Boys 45 was dealing with it in 1559, 46 but in 1592 with his … workshops and stores. 96 By 1861 twelve men and four boys were employed, and by 1871 there were 30 men and 7 boys; …
A History of the County of Somerset
… parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries of the manor, which by the 18th century were conterminous with the parish … Bruton to Sherborne recorded in 1719. It was turnpiked by the Sherborne and Shaftesbury trust in 1753 80 and field …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Charities Charities Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on … first charge on the bequest. 73 Alderman William Fletcher, by deed dated 1823, gave £30 a year to the parish, of which … year had been 'wicked' should be dropped from the list. 74 By Charity Commission Schemes of 1907 and 1913, £100 of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by the bishop. 48 After the Dissolution the Crown presented … been resold to Simon Corbet, who presented in 1566, but by 1579 the advowson had been bought by John Durant, lord of … and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, were former monks. 73 Hugh Evans, 1579-1618, married a member of the Minn …
A History of the County of Oxford
… catechism. 50 A school for 6 or 8 children, in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school … 53 A day school started in 1814 was in 1815 attended by 8 boys and 7 girls under the instruction of an 'aged person'. The Sunday school had at that time 13 boys and 14 girls. 54 A rent charge on Windmill field of £7 a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 18th century and early 19th. 43 The route followed by 17th-century perambulations seems not to have been … south where inclosure is known to have been in progress by the 15th century. 53 Traces of ridge and furrow in the … the locks, installed to aid river navigation, were misused by the owner of Wolvercote paper mill: the river level was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his … of that period. The forest of Ettrick was afterwards given by James IV. to his queen, the Lady Margaret, of England, and … in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there by the king and …