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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … service. To the south of the dept is the Ordnance Hospital, containing apartments for a resident surgeon and …
The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … know not what became of it immediately after Lady Hastings's death. Philipott says, that the Boughtons sold it to the … living in 1699, and was afterwards chaplain of Greenwich Hospital, and Archdeacon of St. Alban's. The present rector …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … endowed with lands now producing about 25 per annum. An hospital dedicated to St. John, which formerly existed here, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … a small estate now worth about 80 per annum. St. Oswald's hospital was established prior to 1268, and originally …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… to William Beauchamp earl of Warwick, by whom she had Guy earl of Warwick, twenty-six years of age, and above, 26 … therefore take a cursorary review, after Leland and Tanner's account. " Werkensop a pretty market town of two streets, … bishop of Canterbury and Gerard bishop of York in Henry's days. His b'ood and inheritance came to a daughter that …
A History of the County of Essex
… the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from which he was to provide food, … who went out to work. From 1778 he agreed to pay doctor's fees, except for smallpox and fractures. Numbers in the … 1809 and 1814. In 1795 the workhouse master was allowed 1 s. 9 d. a head which rose to 4 s. between 1811 and 1813. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. WORMINGHALL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxi. N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. … with V-shaped pilasters. ConditionFairly good. b(5). Guy's Farm, on the E. side of the road, about 350 yards N. of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the … Health Authority, established in the former Courtlands hospital, Goring, in 1973. 8 The declining importance of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … Scheme of 1972; £4.80 was paid out in 1975. St. Elizabeth's alms-houses were founded in 1859 by Alfred Burges of … stock. For some years the trustees made grants to Worthing hospital, until a Scheme of 1951 altered the charity's …