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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Schools and charities SCHOOLS The Free School was founded with a bequest of 600 to the rector and churchwardens as trustees from Walter Dyer, of Chancery … his will dated 1706. A schoolmaster, chosen by the rector and churchwardens and approved by the Bishop of Salisbury, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… parish which adjoins Saffron Walden on the S., and consists of a number of scattered hamlets. The principal … are the Parish Church, Tiptofts, Broad Oaks, Pinkney's, and Thunderley Hall. Ecclesiastical c (1). Parish Church of … base The easternmost room on the ground floor is used as a Friends' Meeting House. ConditionFairly good, chimney out of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. Stour and on both banks of the R. Allen which joins the Stour in … almost entirely of flat river terraces between 60 ft. and 70 ft. above O.D., except in the N.E. where the land rises across London Clay and Bagshot Beds to over 200 ft. Before 1894 the parish of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … of these were saved in response to protests from Harley's friends; one of the features reprieved was the old narrow S. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The … Shatterwell, and temporarily for the Black Lion inn. 97 Friends met at the house of Thomas Bracher, licensed in 1789, … Illus. Jnl. Dec. 1871. Our Hospital Story (League of Friends, 1990), 46. Bowden, Wincanton, 63. S.R.S. ii. 128. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a … There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, and Independents; also a national school. Various … the Vicar. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, for Independents, and Wesleyans; and a national …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. … the convicted citizen suffered brutal mutilation 2 and blinding. This law may well have been the Conqueror's. In … the warrant of royal charter to Wallingford, Portsmouth and possibly elsewhere. One illustration of this may be …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough … in 1265 and slew the Jews, since they were the king's good friends. 213 The Patent Rolls of the 13th, 14th and 15th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Windermere 110 … Windermere is a large parish on the E. side of the lake and adjoining Ambleside on the S. The principal monument is … cottage 1,400 yards S. of (17), was perhaps once used as a Friends Meeting House. The E. part of the house has a high …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 181 The king sent many gifts of stags from Windsor to his friends, and when he was in residence at other palaces …