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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a … responsibility in 1920. 216 In 1571 the church owned a silver communion cup, and, by 1586, a cover. It acquired two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … 580 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Isis, and comprises 2168 a. 2 r. 22 p. The living is a discharged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … latter from the Saxon Willi or Vili, signifying "many," and Combe, "a deep ravine" or "dell." The town occupies a …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when … lords presenting regularly, except in 1564, 1589, 1607, and 1637 when turns had been granted or sold, 3 and in 1890 … includes a cup of 1562, probably bought to replace the silver chalice sold then, a paten of c. 1670-80 probably …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … 12. E.R.O., D/DEt M10. Ibid. D/DU 1140; H. Benham, Essex Gold, 37, 40, 69, 74; Brown, Essex at Work, 124. Lamb. Pal. … Chamberlain. White's Dir. Essex (1863), 146. Benham, Essex Gold, 8990. H. Benham, Last Stronghold of Sail, 568; P. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire which lies to the E. The E. part is mainly covered by Boulder Clay and slopes gently W. between 90 m. and 100 m. above OD. To the W. the land falls dramatically …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold florins against Wolvercote. 7 Before 1443 an agreement … were made regularly until 1869, were revived in 1923 and continued until the closure of St. Peter's in 1965. 8 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th century. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 289. Manor and Other Estates, p. 290. Economic History, p. 291. Local … of the Hadley and Coalport formations. 68 A hoard of 368 silver coins, deposited c. 1646, was unearthed at Priorslee …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. … set upon a rim or a demi wolf argent collared and lined gold and holding in the forepaws a tower sable the … sable, on a chief gules three acorns slipped and leaved gold.[Granted 1960] The council's common seal was circular, …