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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bielby - Billingford Bielby BIELBY, a chapelry, in the parish of Hayton, union of Pocklington, … London; containing 857 inhabitants. It comprises 1289 a. 2 r. 28 p. of land, the soil of which is a strong productive … valued in the king's books at 9; net income, 264; patron, G. St. Vincent Wilson, Esq.: there are about 20 acres of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… de Beaufoe Bishop of Thetford, in his own right, as a lay fee. Almar Bishop of Elmham (Archbishop Stigand's … till deprived in 1070. He is said to have been a married priest, and to have held it in right of his wife, … Tedfordens. de Feudo.In Blafelda ten. Almarus Eps. T. R. E. ii. car. tre. sep. ix. vill. et ii. serv. sep. ii. car. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Bocking Bloxworth (St. Andrew) BLOXWORTH ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of … 197 inhabitants. This parish comprises 2353 a. 2 r. 29 p., and is situated on the road from Lincoln to … is a vicarage not in charge, in the gift of the Rev. G. Simpson, who is also impropriator of one-third of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… cum Earith 7. BLUNTISHAM CUM EARITH (E.d.). (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIX N.E., (b)XIX S.E.) Bluntisham is a parish 4 m. E.N.E. of St. Ives; it contains the two … monuments are the church and Earith bulwark. Roman a(1). About m. N. of the village of Earith, in a field called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter and St. Paul) BOLINGBROKE ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Spilsby, W. division of the soke of … containing 344 inhabitants. It comprises 2166 a. 3 r. 13 p., of which the surface is undulated, and the soil a … Caen stone was recently erected by Matthew Dawes, Esq., F.G.S., in memory of his parents, and among some interesting …
A New History of London
… out of the jurisdiction of the city of London, and under a separate government. In this liberty are the following two … large and commodious, but the chapel is too small; being a Gothic structure, that has marks of much greater antiquity … of lofty trees, of grass plats, agreeable slopes, and a long terrace with a portico at each end, lately rebuilt; …
Calendar of Border Papers
… Lord Euries household servants, viz. "William Browneles a notorious barrettor and Frauncis Wadlie, havinge pursued me … in my hinde head, ane other on my left shoulder, and a third on my left arme, all behinde my back, and yet withall … by Bowes' clerk. Indorsed. 815. William Selby, &c., to Sir R. Carey. [Nov. 3.] Whereas since your departure, many …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bordesley - Bostock Bordesley BORDESLEY, a hamlet and chapelry, in the parish and union of Aston, … war of the seventeenth century, this was the scene of a skirmish between the army of Prince Rupert, who, in 1643, … 188 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises 776 a. 3 r. 9 p., and is bounded on the east by the river Stour, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Botwell Boston (St. Botolph) BOSTON ( St. Botolph), a borough, port, markettown, and parish, and the head of a union, in the wapentake of Skirbeck, parts of Holland, … of the borough, the limits of which, comprising 4574 a. 2 r. 8 p., were enlarged by the act of the 2nd and 3rd of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 c. 10 km. (7 miles) east of Cambridge, covered 5,987 a. until it was divided in 1894 for civil purposes, as it had … it for eight months in 1943-4. It was formally closed for R.A.F. use in May 1945, but briefly housed Belgian air force … edn.). Compare C.R.O., Q/RDc 12 (incl. map, 1808) and R.G. Baker, Map of Cambs. (1821). R.C.H.M. Cambs. ii. 83. Cf. …