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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Few transactions of historical importance occur with reference to the place. In 1644, the lairds of Gight, … ward of the county of Lanark; including the villages of Harthill, Omoa-New-Town, Sallysburgh, and Shotts-Iron-Works; … endowment of 19 per annum, assigned by Sir Thomas Inglis; Harthill school was endowed by the late James Wilson, Esq., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Lincoln to Louth; the soil is fertile, and abounds with a fine chalk marl, which is used as manure. The living … The church is in the later style of English architecture, with an embattled tower, and has a font of very ancient date, … of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 1 mile (W.) from Pocklington; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of Surrey, 3 miles (S.) from London; containing, with the hamlet of Penge ( which see), 6887 inhabitants. This … some of his celebrated works, a parlour wainscoted with cedar, overlooking the Thames. The parish comprises 2108 … of Driffield, Bainton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Great …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; the nave was rebuilt and … in 1832. An additional church, in the later English style, with a square embattled tower crowned by pinnacles, has been … BENTLEY, a village, in the parish of Rowley, wapentake of Harthill, Hunsley-Beacon division, E. riding of York, 2 miles …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… England, to the latter of which monarchs it was given up, with four other towns, by William the Lion, in 1176, as a … and restored this and the other towns to William, content with receiving homage for the territories only which that … and venerable ruin of the old castle. The mansion of Woodhall, on the bank of the North Calder, is a spacious …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Beskaby BESKABY, an extra-parochial place, connected with the parish of Croxton-Keyrial, in the hundred of … which the only access was by a chair let down and drawn up with pulleys. The parish comprises 872 a. 1 r. 21 p. The … of Beverley, Bainton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 6 miles (N. by W.) from …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… of company', 12 Horse-racing, cock-fighting, and outings with the local hunt 13 were the basic pursuits, and to those … Holderness and the Bainton and Hunsley Beacon divisions of Harthill wapentake. 20 The butchers, who numbered 45-60 … Mar. 1775. H.U.L., DDMM/29/41. B.I.H.R., Wills, Nov. 1727, Harthill (Thos. Johnson); Nov. 1728, Harthill (Wm. Tong); …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pocklington, Holme-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3 miles (S. by W.) from … about 1220 acres of land, of which a great part, together with the manor, belongs to Merton College, Oxford: the … ancient English style. The manor of Royds Hall, together with the minerals underneath the estate, was purchased from …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1602, as of Bodville, co. Carnarvon, perhaps identical with the next named. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. Bodvill, … to Lord Arlington, chaunter or precentor of Exeter with a prebend 1668, fellow of Eton 1669, died 9 Sept., 1677. … 1674-5, aged 16; B.A. 1678. Boteler, Philip s. John, of Woodhall, Herts, equitis. New Coll., matric. 10 Nov., 1697, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a free school, with a trifling endowment in land. The village and district … Hamo, one of the barons, gave a moiety of it with his daughter to Geffery Dutton, from whose descendants … of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 2 miles (N. W.) from …