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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winton, Wyncestre (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor … the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The … lids, alternating with as many castles, also pierced for coins, arranged about a much larger castle with a domed roof …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … as to the early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winestead (St. German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of … is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SY 89 NW, ST 80 SE) This parish has an area of 2,559 acres and lies on both sides of the Winterborne stream, at … Ecclesiastical (1) The Church of St. Nicholas stands in the S.E. part of the village. The walls are of flint and … to 4 ft. The filling included samian and coarse pottery, coins from the late 1st to the 4th centuries, bronze brooches …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (8300) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW, ST 80 SE, SY 89 NW) The parish lies in the valley of the Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from … together a considerable sum. In 1736, a quantity of Roman coins was discovered; and spars, fluors, &c, have been found …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wiswell Wisbech (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … a tunnel here 250 yards in length, in cutting which many coins of Constantine, and human bones were found. Wiseton …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle … 34 His son Beaupr was an antiquary, making a collection of coins and medals which he pre sented to Trinity College, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Schools SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain … a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both schools were supported by … and Jeremiah Jackson on 5 May 1814. Some contemporary coins were deposited by Edes at the Fisher's Lane corner of …