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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxiv. N.W. (b)xxiv. N.E. (c)xxiv. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of All Saints, … were built probably not later than the 10th century; a S. aisle of the same date also existed; arches were inserted …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne Came 46 WINTERBORNE CAME (7088) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 68 NE, bSY 78 NW) The parish of Winterborne Came, covering some 1,560 acres immediately S.S.E. of Dorchester, lies across the valley of the South …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterbourne Abbas 45 WINTERBOURNE ABBAS (6190) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 58 NE, bSY 59 SE, cSY 68 NW, dSY 69 SW) … slopes from just over 600 ft. in the N. and 450 ft. in the S. to the South Winterborne which cuts across the S. part of the parish from W.-E. The slopes are cut into by a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a little wood. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 28, and in the gift of the Rev. T. F. R. Read, … wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of York, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Wakefield; containing 167 inhabitants. It … a two-edged lance-head of brass, with hair of a beautiful brown colour, and other relics, supposed to be those of some …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east … and Welney, at a cost of 3,000. The engineer was a Captain Brown. 14 The road over the bridge was turnpiked in 1827. 15 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Croft. 7 The Rose and Crown Inn was acquired by the People's Refreshment House Association in 1899 and was one of their … 1748 shows 7 French names among the 28 jurors. 22 Gardner's Directory of 1851 23 shows a few names, such as Barron, … In Whittlesey Road: Nos. 1 and 2, and J. W. Harrison's premises. In Wisbech Road: Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 7A, and 14 to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … house, of three stories and five 'bays'. It is of light-brown brick with darker brick dressings, and the entrance …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as a prominent centre of Nonconformity in Bishop Compton's 'census' of 1676, which enumerated only 12 Dissenters here … Nonconformist place of worship in the town-in Deadman's Lane (now Alexandra Road). 84 William Rix was appointed as … Mag. 1853. Cong. Year Bk. 1949. Susanna Peckover and J. Brown, The Friends in Cambs. (1888). There were sixty-nine in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill farm were 'transferred from another detached part … 1181 and 1204, were presumably his descendants. 54 William's son Henry 55 had apparently succeeded by 1210, 56 and was … c. 1230. 57 Another William of Wiston, apparently Henry's son, is recorded in 1238, 58 and held 4 fees in Wiston and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… who held the lands that had once been Robert dispensator's. 28 The earliest reference to their tenure of Wistow seems … earls of Pembroke, who remained tenants of the family's Leicestershire estates, including Wistow, until the death … held for a money rent from Reynold Grey. 36 After Richard's death the manor passed from his brother and heir Leonard to …