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A History of the County of Essex
… ran through Epping Forest, part of which still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was amalgamated with that … George Lane, became deputy governor of the Bank of England, which he had helped to establish. 143 Job Matthew, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of … Lincoln, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Horncastle; containing, in 1841, 307 inhabitants. This parish, along the western … has a larger portion of iodine than any other spring in England. It contains, in an imperial gallon, of chloride of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Woodham Ferrers 103. WOODHAM FERRERS. (E.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)liii. S.E. (b)lxi. N.E. (c)lxi. S.E.) Woodham Ferrers … and S. aisles, and the Chancel was re-built c. 1290. Early in the 14th century the North and South Aisles were re-built. … S.E. window, two shields of (1) France (ancient) and (2) England, 14th-century, partly patched with other old glass. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… first almshouses were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the corporation bought the chantry house and … left c. £5 a year to poor communicants of the Church of England resident in Woodstock; the charity survived in 1985. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of … 1187 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the … use many goats were kept. Here is a branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription library is supported, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. … Committee of Som. (1646), Times Whirligig (1646/7), and England's Changeling (1659), is said to have come from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … are in great estimation. One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large …
The Environs of London
… Woolwich WOOLWICH. Name. THIS place in old charters is called Hulviz, Wolwiche, Wollewic, &c. I … parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite side of the … and Modingham to the church of St. John the Baptist in England 7. Whether this is to be considered as the estate …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal … 75 two, with a total of 39 pupils, in 1833. 76 A Church of England school was opened in 1845; 77 in 1846-7 there were 74 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … is enumerated by Nennius under the name of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, … of which Urso d'Abitot, who had accompanied William into England, was appointed constable, being also made sheriff of …