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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. … at first-floor level, central entrance and double-hung sash windows under segmental arched heads with …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. … xii. 4, 43. Cal. Mem. R. p. 279; S.R.S. xii. 154, 223; Cat. Anct. D. iv. A 8583. Visit. Devon, ed. J.L. Vivian, 22; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, … Mary Magdalene (formerly St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing … early in the 18th century; the windows have double-hung sashes with thick bars; the doorway has an architrave, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal monuments. … d(1) Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of flint rubble … storeys with attics. The walls are of brick, partly slate-hung, with stone dressings and the roofs are covered with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary … and Stanton Harcourt, and at Eynsham by the abbot. Gallows were claimed at Deddington and Eynsham, and a view …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. … belonged to the parish in 1891 and 1997. 68 Three bells hung in the church in 1553. A ring of five bells cast in 1793 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Church Of St. Mary Magdalene stands 440 yards N.N.W. of the modern church. The walls are of local rubble with … by John Barber of Salisbury, uninscribed, c. 1400, not hung; sanctus, medival and inscribed "Xpc. Maria Johes". … the roofs are thatched. It was built c. 1700. (4) Cottage, on the S. side of the road 200 yards W. of the church, has …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place … weight of plate was sent off under the same escort. A gallows was erected in the market-place, for the execution of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… dates given in chrons.). Commem. 3 May (Worcester obit.: Cat. Worc. MSS. p. 93). Robert son of William Fitz Ralph 4 … C.P.R. 1258-66 p. 553). Commem. 12 Feb. (Worcester obit.: Cat. Worc. MSS. p. 92). M. Nicholas of Ely Archdcn. of Ely … 15 June; cf. R. R. Darlington in Cart. Worc. p. xlvii. For the name, see Cart. Worc. p. xlix n. 4. Cf. ibid. n. 8. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… & Radford WORKSOP, WIRCHESOP, & RADFORD. Elsi before the Norman invasion had two manors in Werchesope, which paid … made it) had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this land, and twenty-four villains, and … feet in length. The grand drawing-room is 53 by 31 feet, hung with gobelin tapestry; the family pictures were brought …