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A History of the County of Hampshire
… It consists of a rectangular nave of five bays 110 ft. 9 in. by 28 ft. 3 in., measuring from centre to centre of the pillars, and side … being laid by King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) in June 1899. For further account see Proc. Arch. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Henry I extended the fair-time for a further five days in exchange for lands taken from the bishopric. Stephen 1 granted six days more and Henry Plantagenet early 2 in his reign, characteristically ignoring his predecessor's … the city was to be sent with haste to the king's army in Wales. 91 Great care had always been taken to secure good …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. … of this church can only be left to conjecture, but Wolstan in his poem on St. Swithun 1 mentions a tower, apparently a … bearing the arms of the King of England, the Prince of Wales, the see of Winchester and Bishop Courtenay, the rebus …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor … walls and all the flues of the dining room or Prince of Wales's tower have been rebuilt. Many of the cross walls … effigies of Sir Charles Herbert, K.G., Lord Herbert of Gower (afterwards Earl of Worcester) and Elizabeth his wife. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… as to the early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, … the Confessor had granted Windsor with 20 hides of land in the neighbourhood to the monastery of St. Peter at … 80 In January 1281 the ambassadors of Llewellyn Prince of Wales were received at the castle by the constable on their …
A History of the County of Stafford
… side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th century from a secluded settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in Burton. Later in the century middle-class houses were … of Gt. Britain, sheet 141 (1976); Soil Surv. of Eng. and Wales (1983). S.R.O., D. 603/A/ADD/135; D. (W.) 1734/2/3/139. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the small riverside settlements listed as Winterbornes in 1086 (Domesday Book). Until the 17th century it was included in the parish of Winterborne Farringdon, and thereafter until … by the initials C.P. which accompany the Prince of Wales's feathers, but Sir John died in 1617 and an unfinished …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm … 47 In 1597 William Payne gave 16 acres in Whales or Wales Field for the repair of the church and the relief of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by 551 acres from West Walton (Norf.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching … and Desirée, was knighted in company with Edward Prince of Wales (1306). His son Sir John I fought at Crécy and took …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were … brass in Upwell Church. Bell's Gazetteer of Engl. & Wales, 1837. 4 & 5 Vic., c. xvi. Award at County Hall, March. …