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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from Hedon; containing 139 inhabitants. The parish is … tithes have been commuted for 184. 17. 11., payable to Christ's Hospital, Sherburn; and the vicarial for 43. 16. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Winslow 225. WINSLOW. (O.S. 6 in. xix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Laurence, … surrounding N. doorway, of St. Christopher with the Christ Child, fragment of inscription over figures, late …
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 … lead worth 15 to Archbishop Ceolnoth, for the use of Christ-Church at Canterbury. In Domesday book, Wirksworth is …
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 … 55 There are oil paintings in the nave representing Christ crowned with thorns, and the Descent from the Cross. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Tydd, has been known since the 17th century as Lady Nunn's Old Eau, from the wife of a 14th-century Tydd landowner. 1 … it possesses nearly a score of variants. 'St. Mary's Tyd', which constantly recurs, might perhaps account for the appearance of the initial 'S' in Stith, which is a rare form; this would negative the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed in 1724, catered … rents were used to clothe the boys after the manner of Christ's Hospital in London, prompting the unofficial name of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … Magdalen College and first dean of Cardinal College, later Christ Church, 93 while the distinguished theologian Thomas … of the northern window, overpainted with a baptism of Christ. 142 Other 13th-century work included the rebuilding …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wellingborough; containing 1120 inhabitants. … occasion of Schmidt; it was purchased for the cathedral of Christ Church, Dublin, where it remained until about 50 years …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of … the duke of Marlborough's 101 a. farm was arable. 81 The Christ Church estate remained predominantly pasture; in 1755 … in 1834 about half the small amount of arable on the Christ Church estate was under wheat, the remainder under …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in demesne. The manor descended with the rest of Roger d'Ivri's lands in the county and in the early 12th century was held … divided it into two parts, both of which were acquired by Christ Church, one part in 1729 under the will of Dr. William …