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A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … at Easter; wine for washing the altars on Maundy Thursday; fire-wood and an oven to bake the oblates. 17 The four … in lighting and the introduction of heating. The old candle-lighting was improved in 1820 28 and replaced by gas …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… flat limestone tableland formed by the underlying Portland and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., … stone and marble. The local stone is generally used for walls and roofs giving the village a picturesque quality … shipping; the suggestion that it provided the base for a fire-beacon seems untenable. St. Aldhelm's Chapel, Worth …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the north end of the … way of Washington, avoiding the steep ascent of the downs at Steyning. 57 A turnpike gate was erected near the Teville … turnpiked in 1826 the trustees were also made responsible for the sea defence of the adjoining land. 64 In the 1840s …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES … were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … station was built in Union Place near by in 1939. 36 A fire-engine was given to the town by a resident in 1815, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … facade with Ionic columns and pilasters, was destroyed by fire in 1901, 16 and the Marine Hotel was demolished in 1965. … was demolished in 1970 after being used as a warehouse for many years. 35 Pony races were held on the sands in 1805, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and … Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … which stood in the rear of the present, was destroyed by fire in the reign of John; the site is still termed the Old …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, … C.P. 19 The Granville hospital, Gower Street, was built for its employees by the Lilleshall Co. It opened in 1873 but … extensive repairs to the church were necessary after a fire. 47 The registers are complete from 1833. Land was given …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of … and the Church Commissioners, the Incorporated Society for Building Churches, and the Ripon Diocesan Society made … and property to the amount of 40,000, were destroyed by fire; and in 1631, the plague raged with great fury among the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXII Charter of James III confirming the City and Barony in free regality (1476) XXXII. Charter by King … prejudice during our tender age, being now of lawful age, for the singular devotion which we bear towards the blessed … the four pleas of our crown: videlicet, robbery, rape, fire-raising and murder, and with sok, sak, tholl, theam, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … chapel is a small structure. The tithes have been commuted for 54. Yalding (St. Peter and St. Paul) YALDING ( St. Peter … which is ancient, on the site of a church destroyed by fire in 1730. It is a neat edifice, but ill according in its …