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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… miles. It now comprehends an area of 180 square miles, or nearly a ninth part of Lancashire. The Yorkshire portion … about the year 596 to commemorate the introduction (or reintroduction) of Christianity into this country. The … granted to the Meggison family. A market and fair were formerly held, agreeably with the right which Robert …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… 1d ½' [Inventories (1700)]. They were most probably bands or straps to go round a wheel; for example as the driving … a salad vegetable to be eaten at the seedling stage, but formerly grown for its pungent MUSTARD SEED. According to … the metal, oxide or carbonate in dilute sulphuric acid, formerly known as OIL OF VITRIOL or SPIRIT OF VITRIOL …
A Dictionary of London
… Whalebone Court, Bow Lane - Whitby Wharf Whalebone Court, Bow Lane See Half Moon Court. Whalebone Passage North out of … Alley" (O. and M. 1677). Probably named after the owner or builder. Wharton's Court On Lambeth Hill (Strype, ed. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… of the town walls and takes its name from the wharves that formerly existed along the river at this point. (450) Former … wooden lintels, and two tall blocked openings on the S. formerly gave access from the river. The interior has no … rubble walls, stands on the acute angle formed between Gas Lane and the line of the medieval wall, here represented by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… century but must have become ruined and derelict in that or the following century. Much of the stone facing has been … sub-divided into three apartments. A central corridor formerly ran through the building from N. to S. but some of … walls have been removed. The rooms on the ground-floor are or were covered by barrel-vaults, of segmental or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter. WHEATACRE-BURGH.See Burgh St. Peter. Wheatenhurst, or Whitminster (St. Andrew) WHEATENHURST, or Whitminster ( … is a small quarry of excellent freestone. The village was formerly of more importance, and had a weekly market and an … the Peaceable), King of England, in the ardour of youth, love, and indignation, slew with his own hand his treacherous …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Wheatenhurst or Whitminster Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 the … not accompanied by any decline in the number of tenants or in the size of their holdings so it may be assumed to have … with estates ranging from a yardland to a quarter-yardland or fardel, while of the customary tenants 15 were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Wheatenhurst or Whitminster Education EDUCATION. A Sunday school that was … E. school and the older children went to school in Stroud or Quedgeley, there were 44 children. 44 The brick … attached stands ¼ mile from the main road along School Lane. Whitminster Secular School, 'the first Secular fortress …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Wheatenhurst or Whitminster Introduction WHEATENHURST OR WHITMINSTER THE PARISH OF Whitminster, formerly called Wheatenhurst, lies 7 miles south-west of … marked partly by a brook and the largely disused Moreton Lane, the south-west follows roughly the River Frome and, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… the N. aisle, recess, probably for the tomb of the founder or builder of the aisle, 14th-century. Piscinae: in the … of the original house, and in the windows of the dairy, formerly the chapel, is some 17th-century Glass. The … impaling argent three pales gules, over all a cheveron or; dated 1632. (4) Quarterly 1 and 4 Garrard, 2 and 3 argent …