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A History of the County of Essex
… West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to William de Munfitchet … was held of the barony of Stansted Mountfichet. In 1267 on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de … 1575-8, 424; Elizabeth I's grant of the manor to Richard Hill and William James in 1572 is presumably an error: ibid. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … Guildford; containing, with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish … remains of a Roman tessellated pavement were discovered on Broad-street common: the building of which it formed the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It … in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and Seacombe Bottoms, … below which is the wooded valley of the E. Corfe river on Wealden Beds around 150 ft. above O.D. As elsewhere in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and … houses there were of the early 19th century: a small group on the east side and one larger house in Upper High Street. … houses of various styles spread up to the summit of the hill, which is over 300 feet high. Many old trees and banks …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities available to visitors to … by 1811 they had been replaced by the Steyne, 20 modelled on that at Brighton. A band played there during the 1812 … on the downs above Broadwater, was formed in 1905. 15 Hill Barn municipal golf course was opened in 1935. 16 Both …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … of Reigate and the valley of the Thames, with the hills of Harrow, Hampstead, and Highgate. The living is a rectory, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, … stained glass. The reading-desk is formed of an eagle, on whose spread-out wings the chesnut-bound Bible and … one of which, formerly called the King's pit of Sheriff Hill, but now the Stormount Main colliery, has been sunk to a …
A Dictionary of London
… Wrestlers (The) - Wynwharf Wrestlers (The) "Mesuagio brasineo" called … Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side being the back side of … now covered by the Custom House. Wyeber Alley On Addle Hill (W. Stow, 1722-Rev. of London, 1728). Not named in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley Hill by 975, and southwards around Cluddley, probably by the … Hill and Leaton and west of Wrockwardine, and tuff, on which Wrockwardine village lies. 93 From those high …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the … where was formerly a public well, now filled up. Wrotham-hill, immediately above the town, affords one of the finest …