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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. Allen which joins the Stour in … almost entirely of flat river terraces between 60 ft. and 70 ft. above O.D., except in the N.E. where the land … shop; the first floor has plain sashed windows. (63) The Conservative Club, adjacent to the foregoing, is of three …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a … and the royal castle of Winchester was secured by a party in her interest; but through the influence of Henry de … David, King of Scotland. A considerable body of Stephen's party having taken up arms, marched to the relief of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Winchester in general. 1. St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after the Dissolution as a charitable institution until … hospital, amounting annually to 1,681 6 s. 7 d. from rents and about 19 from consols, was consolidated with the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … from William Rufus the grant of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on the Eastern hill of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present … and appear to date from the 16th century. The back wall is party with the north wall of St. Lawrence Church, and the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. … the convicted citizen suffered brutal mutilation 2 and blinding. This law may well have been the Conqueror's. In … the warrant of royal charter to Wallingford, Portsmouth and possibly elsewhere. One illustration of this may be …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … that if a mayor should die during his mayoralty 'the party that was last mayor' should take the place for the … then, unless there were a majority, the eldest ex-mayor's party should have the decision. No mayor need without his own …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 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 castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … of the arch for thrusting down weapons upon an attacking party. The windows above have been modernized, and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING … village; the walls are of limestone rubble, with dressings and detail of stone and clunch. The roofs are covered with … central shield, arms of the Duke of Feria, in three pieces party palewise, 1, or five leaves vert; 2, argent three bars …
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 altitudes between 160 ft. and 400 ft. above sea-level; the land is mainly Chalk. Until … set back-to-back and have a common chimney-stack on the party-wall; they have stop-chamfered bressummers and formerly …