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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a pelican; all …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the … Within. First mention: Lockie, 1810. Former name: "Clark's Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). In Stow's time there …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. … south and roughly doubled in size. Admaston, 'Eadmund's tun', 10 grew in the mid 18th century from a rural village …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … of Kent, 11 miles (W. N. W.) from Maidstone, and 24 (S. E. by E.) from London; containing 2949 inhabitants. This …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in 1086. Charlton, which had one of the ploughteams and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of … centre, and was perhaps the site of Cynddylan's hall of Pengwern, burnt by the Mercians c. 660. 77 The … was presumably forfeited after the rebellion of Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained with the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodists also maintained connexions with St. Christopher's Hall. 57 T.S.A.S. 2nd ser. i. 83; L.J.R.O., B/A/12(i), f. 94. L.J.R.O., …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… N. of Wyckhill House (around SP 196225); see map, p. 66, s.v. Icomb. (1) Settlement (SP 193208), Romano-British, is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wynford Eagle 99 WYNFORD EAGLE (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXX, S.W. (b)XXXIX, N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle is a parish … monument. Roman c(1) Tesselated Pavement, immediately S.W. of Manor Farm, must have been discovered before 1864, …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… of wax to the keeper of the lights around St. Kentigern's tomb, for liberty to build a mill on the south side of … be it evidently known, that in the year of our Lord's incarnation, according to the computation of the kingdom of …