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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the hundred of Blackheath, W. division of Surrey, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from Godalming; containing 669 inhabitants. This … of Lamarck. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 0. 7., and in the patronage of the Chancellor; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of 214. 4 The population in 1951 was 295. 5 Dunston's marly loam soil and the meadows by the Penk were commended … formerly single-storied. At the south-west end a cobbler's workshop was added before the mid-19th century, and this … east of the school a small weatherboarded reading-room, dating from c. 1900, was given a brick extension after …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Dyke (SP 001075) in the E. of the parish is described s.v. Bagendon (1), p. 9. (1) Pinbury Hill-fort 1 (SO 958053), … the valleys of the R. Frome and a tributary, 2 miles S.W. of the village. The N. and E. sides are defined by a … of the excavated area (12 ft. by 10 ft.) is the angle of a room with walls of coarse Oolite masonry 2 ft. thick. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Dunton (Wayletts) 23. DUNTON (WAYLETTS). (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)lxviii. S.W. (b)lxxvi. N.W.) Dunton is a parish 5 m. S.E. of Brentwood. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… county of Durham, and the head of a union, 67 miles (E. S. E.) from Carlisle, 87 (N. E.) from Lancaster, 67 (N. W. by … Robert Comyn, Earl of Northumberland, being appointed governor, entered Durham with a Norman guard of 700 soldiers; … the ancient baronial hall, now the splendid dining-room of the university, has been fitted up with great taste …
A History of the County of Durham
… passage to the roof, but was blocked at the time of Wyatt's restoration. In the ground stage the wall surface below the … The fact that the arcading is purposely designed to allow room for the doorway leaves no doubt that the work is all of … The wheel window is moulded all round and has Wyatt's Gothic ornament in the spandrels. Horizontally the east …
A History of the County of Durham
… used as a prison, while the rest was taken by the prior's lodging. The nature of the site, which is longer from north … completed by 1080, and it would seem probable that Walcher's work was planned round a cloister about 115 ft. square, the … the inside of the doorway. The slype now serves as an ante-room to the chapter house and place of assembly for the choir …
Survey of London
… The beautiful "Cathedral of the Waters" and the bishop's palace at Salisbury are sufficient evidence that he was a … the papal legate, was lodged at "the Bishop of Durham's house near London" when the Oxford scholars came to ask … probably represents the treatment of the principal room on the upper floor. The building was completed in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… shrunk by 1875 to three or four scattered houses. St. Mary's Farmhouse there, which was 18thcentury perhaps with an … rural parishes when the West Worthing Waterworks Company's reservoir was opened off the ChichesterBrighton road in … before, the chapel lay in ruins. In 1890 an iron mission room was built at the expense of the rector of West Tarring …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1827. It is crossed by two bridges, Headworthy and Swan's Neck, to provide access to fields. The canal was virtually … Census. Geol. Surv. Map 1", drift, sheet 295 (1956 edn.). S.R.O., DD/JL 66A; ibid. tithe award. E. Jeboult, Valley of the Tone (1873), 47. 25 Geo. III, c. 54. S.R.O., D/P/durn 14/5/1-2. C. Hadfield, Canals of SW. Eng. …