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The Environs of London
… Wimbledon WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … in 1638, the manor was sold by his heirs to Henry Earl of Holland, and others, trustees for Queen Henrietta Maria 15. …
Survey of London
… Winchester House and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the … I'Anson, surveyor. Wm. Camden, Britannia, ed. Philmon Holland, 1610. Chartulary of Winchester Cathedral, ed. A. W. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first … is the only remaining portion of the castle where Norman and Angevin kings resided, where Henry I was married to Maud … war it was used as a prison for French, Spanish and Dutch prisoners successively. In 1779 the patients and crew …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Winchester in general. 1. St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in … In 1842 James Farquharson bequeathed 6,000 guilders Dutch 4 per cent. bonds upon trust to pay 18 5 s. to the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river … glory with the fair of St. Ives and the famous mart of Holland or Boston. During the fair-time at Boston and …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… Windmills Windmills. II. 15. Letter from Lord Burghley to the Lord Mayor, recommending to his notice a mill for the … of corn in times of frost, invented by Jacob Senoy and George Frise, of Utrecht, Holland, and suggesting that, if upon trial the same should …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … to Wallingford. The visit of Louis de Bruges, Governor of Holland, who had entertained Edward IV in exile, in September …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the … 930), but since then the succession has been maintained and Windsor is now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: … 2 March 1643, but did not attend King to Oxford; 1646 in Holland with Lord Stanhope; 1648 applied to Parliamentary …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winnall - Winstone Winnall WINNALL, a parish, in the union of Winchester, hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, of a mile (N. … WINSTANLEY, a township, partly in the chapelry of Up Holland and partly in that of Billinge, parish and union of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winterbourne WINTERBOURNE, a chapelry, in the parish of Chieveley, union of Newbury, hundred of … miles (N. N. W.) from Newbury; containing 337 inhabitants, and comprising 2084 a. 26 p. The chapel is dedicated to St. … possessed by the Baskervilles has descended to Lord Holland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books …