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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (1). Parish Church of St. Laurence, stands in the middle of the town, and is built of yellow sandstone, uncoursed, except … re-used, with modern head-stops: between the windows is a priest's doorway with moulded jambs and four-centred head, of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… evidence shows that there was a church at Winstone by the mid 11th century, 33 and in 1101 or 1102 Henry I confirmed an earlier grant by Hugh de Lacy of the demesne tithes of Winstone to Gloucester Abbey. 34 The … Syde was rector at Winstone three years before taking full priest's orders in 1304, 69 and Thomas Stephens of Edgeworth …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… has an area of 2,559 acres and lies on both sides of the Winterborne stream, at altitudes between 160 ft. and 400 ft. above sea-level; the land is mainly Chalk. Until 1650 Kingston was combined … strip incised with a bird figure may have decorated a priest's sceptre. A circle of tiles 6 ft. in diameter lay 4 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, … described as the property of the king, having a church, a priest, and three leadmines; and it remained in the crown …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the Nene) … and 6 acres in Pope's Lane Field, Leverington, for the priest of St. John's Guild to pray for his soul. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively … is a fine brass with triple canopy and the figure of a priest in alb, stole, and cope; the inscription is missing, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the … possessed a hall of its own, with a house for the chantry priest, and certain lands. Two torches at festivals and one …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left … the vicarage of Wisbech in 1252, specified that the priest appointed should conduct services in the chapel of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Bishop Northwold presented William de Northwold to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other … convent of Ely, with the rectory house and a house for the priest at Kilhus. The profits of the rectory were devoted to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the … the importance of the guild. By 1472 there was a full-time priest, whose salary was £5 6 s. 8 d. 12 In 1514 it was …