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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it … of it in 1436, held for a money rent from Reynold Grey. 36 After Richard's death the manor passed from his … between it and the nave was removed. The walls are of grey limestone with a chamfered plinth and the eastern limit …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, on the … of which the grand staircase is entirely constructed, is a grey limestone, found in the parish beneath a stratum of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and … N. having a chequer design formed by alternate pieces of grey limestone and Kimmeridge shale, that on the S. being … rising naked from waves, backed by a large shell of red, grey and white, within concentric decorative borders. A wide …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Witham 106. WITHAM. (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. … N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a town and parish 9 m. N.E. of Chelmsford. The Church, the Burgh, the House (41), … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Nicholas stands on the W. side of the High Street of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and industrial town. Throughout …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and (possibly) town quarries were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was … estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate before … Edward the Confessor gave it to Aelfwine (d. 1047), bishop of Winchester, 2 and except for two brief periods during the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east … of the Colne Marine and Yacht Co.'s premises on The Quay, grey brick, presumably imported, was used whilst local red … have a timber frame which has been cased to the front in grey and provided with sash windows and a classical porch …
A History of the County of Essex
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their … 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held at least once a year, with usually 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the …