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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the R. Crane which flow through broad, open valleys between 400 ft. … Beds and London Clay, is drained by tributaries of the Crane. The parish contains several early settlements. Four in … an acre, facing S.W. on the lower valley side of the R. Crane, but they have been extensively damaged by ploughing. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… le Maire, augmented by his brother-in-law Sir Francis Crane, after whom the building was named. It was … of the Horseshoe cloister in 1859; and of the Cromwellian Crane's buildings in 1862, to be replaced by a dull-looking … that to the south, stood the block of chambers known as Crane's Buildings, erected in 1657 as a lodging for five more …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the reign of Charles I, by the bequest of Sir Francis Crane, who died in 1635, 1,500 was left to build dwellings … on the buildings, caused partly by the negligence of Crane's executor and partly by the outbreak of the Civil War. … of Carbrooke in Norfolk was by the terms of Sir Richard Crane's 579 will bound to the payment of 200 yearly for the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was augmented by bequests from Thomas Parke and John Crane, for increasing the master's stipend, which, including … to tradesmen free of interest, was bequeathed by John Crane in 1652; it was increased by a gift of 300 from William …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and William Watson have already been dealt with. 69 John Crane, the apothecary, by his will dated 1651, gave the Black … sale, so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their general property. Crane also directed his executors to buy an estate, the rent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… include Richard Huloet ( fl. 1552), lexicographer, 65 John Crane (1572-1652), apothecary, a great benefactor to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on Fig. 24) has a lucarne to the yard with mountings for a crane, an internal hoist (both probably of the early 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 152 Work on the roofs may date from 14978 when there was a crane at Witney, 153 likely, if used at the church, to have …
The Environs of London
… The following instances of longevity occur: "Elizabeth Crane, aged 97, buried Dec. 27, 1766; Jane Rayner, aged 90, …