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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… occur, then the position of the monument is either shown on a village or parish map printed in the text or identified … Waddock Cross contains buildings earlier than 1700. The Frampton diaries begun in 1732 and continuing, which are … of the chancel were taken down and rebuilt (diary of James Frampton II). Soon after the addition of the West Tower late …
Old and New London
… provinces, having been originated in 1832 at a village inn on the borders of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, in the … half the counties of England, till they stretch from the Severn to the Humber, from the Wash to the Mersey, from the … day, but are irrevocably doomed 'To waste their sweetness on the desert air.'" These works are the Underground Railway …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… crop surpluses, and particularly the growing of cereals on relatively marginal land. For a five-year period payments … authorities and the farmers were inevitably cosy: the Severn-Trent Water Authority's Shropshire Groundwater Scheme, … divided farmers and conservationists into opposing camps. On the one hand there were conservationists who were unhappy …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… boldly refusing to abjure his new religion, was beheaded on the hill called Holmhurst; on which spot the monastery was erected at the close of the … is Llanvihangel-yn-Ghentyn, is partly bounded by the river Severn, and is intersected by the Roman Watling-street. There …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which is large and convenient, is pleasantly situated on an eminence about a mile from the sea, and includes some … of which, except the moat, has been destroyed. The chantry on the north side of the chancel contains a very splendid … between two streams which unite and fall into the river Severn at Berkeley; and commands an extensive and interesting …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a single consignment was recorded coming up the River Severn in 1707 [Gloucester Coastal Port Books (1988)]. … According to Simmonds, such raisins were normally dried on the vine, giving the best results but a fruit that came … obtained from plants such as kelp and barilla growing on the sea shore (potash), and animal alkali obtained from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… known to Bede, but of this fact there is now no proof. 1 On the evidence of a document in the chartulary which was … the eight vills belonging to it was then worth 300 a year. On his return to England in 1250 Richard dispersed the monks … and proposed to build a castle on the banks of the Severn. His occupation of Deerhurst was only temporary, …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Alien houses The priory of Frampton ALIEN HOUSES 33. THE PRIORY OF FRAMPTON The Domesday Survey records that the manor of … her king, but for her adversaries and an alien cause. 8 On the seizure of lands held by Normans in England following …
A History of the County of Dorset
… parish were reckoned at 26. 63 A commission was appointed on 18 October, 1313, to investigate a complaint of the prior … Loders as an alien dependency follows very closely that of Frampton, with which it is frequently coupled during the … terms and under the same circumstances as the prior of Frampton. 67 On the seizure of alien property by Edward II in …
A History of the County of Dorset
… raid of 876. 132 Cressy, in his account of the assault on Wareham by the Danes in that year, describes the house as … the property of Norman landowners in 1204, but it occurs on the eve of John's death in 1216, when the king notified … obedience; but, as in the case of the larger priories of Frampton and Loders, no attempt seems to have been made by …
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