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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… on condition of transportation. P. 334. 20 May. Attorney or Solicitor General. To prepare a bill &c. pardoning Thomas … expressed our further pleasure. P. 361. 9 Aug. Attorney or Solicitor General. Great Seal for pardoning Captain John … Methuen, (appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal), or his assigns, 1,000 l. for his equipage and 10 l. a day for …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… Woodforde. 2 The parish takes its name, formerly Almsford or Almundesford, from a ford crossing the Brue, possibly on … first named in 1086 as a small estate with nine farmers or smallholders and three serfs working the demesne lands 13 … and west field. The common meadow was at Brunesham or Brewham by the Brue, and Karemor or Westmor, probably the …
Magna Britannia
… of large unwrought stones, placed erect, either singly or in circles, or with others laid across; and tumuli of stones or earth. Of … upright stones, two of the most remarkable are standing a furlong asunder, at Bolleit in St. Buryan, the one twelve, …
Magna Britannia
… whilst others have supposed, that they were all of Saxon or of Danish origin. Both opinions are, perhaps, in some … to that people. It is very probable, that they constructed or occupied fortresses on or near the coast, as a defence against foreign invasion. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 'the premises are worth nothing now because no one dwells or has dwelt in Hale since the Pestilence' ( Cal. IPM, X, … recorded (NRO, Field Name Survey 1932). The village church or chapel which was first mentioned in 1250 was dedicated to … of Apethorpe survives on the ground around the village or can be traced elsewhere on air photographs. It is arranged …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… From the description this may have been an original drain or culvert but it could alternatively have been part of a … for just over 1 km., the motorway cutting has removed all or most of the remains of the Roman road and later tracks … to near the height of fifteen foot. This bank is above a furlong in length and ten to twelve foot wide. It is composed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… DYKE (Northern Section) Of the many linear earthworks or dykes in East Anglia, two exist in the general area under … it had terminated at the fen edge half a mile to the S.W., or to the N.E., of its present position; similarly a saving … cannot be explained by later alterations whether natural or man-made. Particularly noticeable is the shape of the bank …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… between the Icknield Way on the south and the river Cam or Rhee on the west and north. Melbourn, Meldreth, and … numbers of inhabitants fell almost to the level of 1801 or lower. Some parishes, including Steeple Morden, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… houses are of the 18th and 19th centuries and in terrace or semi-terrace form (Monuments (79) and (1113)). The few … single houses built after 1715 and not listed include one or two comparatively late instances of internal-chimney … completed, with the possible exception of the aisles, by or soon after 1300. In the 16th or early 17th century the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… it may be the remains of a formal garden of the late 16th or 17th century associated with the manor house. If this … from the late 15th century until the late 16th century, or, more probably, of their successors the Stanhopes or Langhams (Bridges, op. cit., 23; RAF VAP CPE/UK/2109, …
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