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A Dictionary of London
… Wollewharf See Wool Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later … east side of Paul's wharf hill (i.e. Bennet's Hill), in Castle Baynard Ward, between Paul's Wharf west and Ball Alley … Lane See Cooper's Row. Woodwharf .On the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward. Earliest mention: "St. Benedict del …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Manors and other estates Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further … the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in demesne. The manor descended with the rest of Roger … demesne in Wolvercote were granted to St. George's in the Castle, Oxford, before c. 1130, and passed with the other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of … There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. John Stockton, in 1839, left 10 per annum for the instruction of children. … prospect, is an ancient earthwork called Woodbury Castle, an inclosure of irregular form, deeply intrenched. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… AND OTHER ESTATES. St. Leonard's priory was dissolved in 1536 and its demesnes were leased next year to William Abbot for 21 years. In 1539 James Leveson bought the reversion and fee of Abbot's … and the materials been employed in building work at Apley Castle. 96 Parts of the priory buildings remained …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Wood Walton 98. WOOD WALTON (C.c.). (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIII N.E. (b)XIII S.E. (c)XIV N.W.). Wood Walton is a … and village, 6 m. N.N.W. of Huntingdon. The church and Castle Hill are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1). … 13th- and 14th-century. ConditionGood. Secular a(2). Castle Hill, motte and bailey, 700 yards N.N.E. of the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged … 16 May, 1678, aged 17; his father governor of Windsor Castle, and knighted 20 May, 1660; brother of Edward. … Cambridge, 1723; rector of Almsford 1719, and vicar of Castle Cary, Somerset, 1721, until his death 16 May, 1771; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woodchester (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of … F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in 1797. The village is on an eminence forming part of a … of a road from the highest part of the village, near the Castle inn, through the forest into the Lea Bridge road. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the Middle Ages the manors in Woodditton were Ditton Camoys, Ditton Valence, Saxton, the … death (as earl of Oxford) in 1400, Saxton descended with Castle Camps in the male line to Richard de Vere (d. 1417), …
A History of the County of Essex
… ran through Epping Forest, part of which still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in … inns in Woodford in 1753: the George, White Hart, Ship and Castle, New Wells, and Old Wells. 49 The number licensed rose … front of three storeys with a central porch. The Castle at Woodford Green, which was also a posting house, 54 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of … Lincoln, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Horncastle; containing, in 1841, 307 inhabitants. This parish, along the western … Jones, from the drawing-room of which is a view of Windsor Castle, 36 miles distant. The living is a rectory, valued in …