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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… south-east by a branch of the Mersey, called Wallasey Pool or the new Birkenhead Float. Bordering on the sea are … prior to the Dissolution, appropriated to Birkenhead Abbey, but no traces exist of them, though a path is still … Bart., whose mansion, erected on the site of the ancient priory, is beautifully situated in an extensive and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the rest of the Mainland by a narrow isthmus. Papa-Stour, or Great Papa, is on the north of Sandness, about two miles … the advowson of the church, granted by Robert I. to the abbey of Melrose, to which it continued to be annexed till … Lord of Galloway, in the reign of David I. founded here a priory for Prmonstratensian canons, of which the church was …
A History of the County of Essex
… which may have been on the site of the medieval South or St. Botolph's gate. 44 The Roman walls formed the basis of … in the south wall in 1310, and from a moor in Moor (Priory) Street south-east of the town in 1312, as well as, … the 1890s two bastions had been incorporated into houses or workshops, and a third had been made into a Gothic summer …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the guns measured ten feet in length; all were of wrought or hammered iron, and were provided with rings to allow them … the poor. Near the church is an old mansion, formerly a priory subordinate to Ixworth Abbey, and in which, while under repair, several relics of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… William Lyle of Moxhull in Wishaw (Warws.) gave Halesowen abbey (Worcs.) a rent-charge of 9 marks from the manor of … was made on Twelfth Night of a penny for every resident or visitor in Walsall and Rushall parishes. The cost of the … The inmates were to be chosen by the vicar of Walsall or his deputy, with the consent of the lord of Rushall. The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… It had dependent chapels at Wednesbury and Rushall for all or most of the Middle Ages, 81 and a third was founded at … still vacant. 83 The Crown presented a rector in 1210 or 1211 84 and was patron in 1227. 85 About 1220 William le Rous granted the church to the Premonstratensian abbey of Halesowen (Worcs.) to enable it to meet the demands …
A History of the County of Stafford
… field. 89 It may have been the field called Lordeslegh or Lordesheye mentioned in 1399 and 1410. 90 Paddock was … to be known as Furfield, but it was again called Windmill or Vicar's field in 1756 and Windmill field in 1766. 94 The … D. 260/M/E/425/12. See p. 214. C 60/12 m. 4. Westminster Abbey Muniments, 6045. Cal. Chart. R. 1341-1417, 485. Staffs. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The borough opened a special open-air school for delicate or anaemic children, one of the first in the country, in … opened in the early 1850s. 14 Schools opened since 1871. Abbey Junior and Infants' School, Glastonbury Crescent, … infants' classes had been held elsewhere since 1969. 86 Priory Junior and Infants' School, Odell Road, Bloxwich, was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… realm. 35 In 1159 Henry II granted it to Herbert le Rous (or Ruffus) in fee farm for £4 a year. 36 Herbert, described … the royal household 37 and was probably a kinsman of one or more of Henry II's household officials surnamed le Rous; … xii (2), 377; Cal. Pat. 1396-9, 186, 211. Westminster Abbey Muniments, 6045. Complete Peerage, xii (2), 377; C …
A History of the County of Stafford
… held the property; the house was then known as Hurst House or Wood End House. 23 The Purefeys sold the estate to William … to Fanny Goodall, who was presumably the third coheir or her successor. Samuel Wood, then the tenant, later bought … Walsall church in the mid 13th century 66 Halesowen abbey retained the rectory until its dissolution in 1538. In …