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A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Established church ST. MODWEN AND HER CULT Modwen, an Irish abbess returning from a … Andresey, an Old English name meaning 'Andrew's isle', and to have dwelt there as an anchoress. She departed for … leaving Andresey in the care of two female companions, and died, but her body was brought back for burial on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later parish, it seems that … refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey established a borough. … Part of Horninglow then became a suburb, as did Stapenhill and Winshill on the Derbyshire side of the river later in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… had jurisdiction over the abbey's tenants in Burton itself and in the outlying settlements of Branston, Horninglow, Stapenhill, Stretton, and Winshill, all of which were tithings with their own … lying outside the borough) being renamed Burton Extra and the borough becoming Burton township. From the earlier …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Social and cultural activities SPORT Blood Sports The town crier … the author of The Cocker, a manual on game cocks, 13 and mains of cocks were held during race week in the 1820s. … in Horninglow township in 1718 on two days in September and October. 16 A two-day meeting was held on 21-22 October …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… almost four miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Newmarket and ten (16 km.) north-east of Cambridge. Approximately … watercourse running west into the river Cam on the north, and the line of the Icknield way on the south-east. It … into the 1990s as the Excelsior Band. 36 Plough Monday ceremonies were revived from the 1960s. 37 In 1914 John …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… appropriation, possibly the last in the country, in 1544, and was thereafter a vicarage. In the mid 12th century the … of his wife Amice's inheritance. 55 Possibly after 1254 and certainly before 1279 Fordham priory had appropriated the church, taxed at 12 marks in 1254 and £12 in 1291, with its 36 a. of glebe. 56 No vicarage was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Caistor to Great Grimsby, and in a small vale in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds, … of land, the subsoil of which is chalk, used for manure, and for the roads. The village is small, but from the … vicarage, valued in the king's books at 5. 18. 4.; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Yarborough: the income, arising …
Survey of London
… Cadogan House and Cromwell House CHAPTER 6: LXVICADOGAN HOUSE AND CROMWELL HOUSE (FORMERLY Nos. 2 AND 3 WHITEHALL YARD) Ground Landlords. The premises are the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… is referred to as 'ecclesia' in late 12th-century and later contexts; by then it had presumably attained … territory of Caldecote, which is only 1007 acres, is a N. and S. strip some 2 m. long and up to m. wide, detached from the E. confines of the …
Calendar of the plea and memoranda rolls of the city of London
… Calendar - Roll A 25 1381–83 CALENDAR OF SELECT PLEAS and MEMORANDA of the CITY OF LONDON ROLL A 25 [ John … mayor] Membrane 1 20 March 1382 Theodoric Van Sylen and Baldewyn Claysson, merchants of Flanders, by their bill … passing through the city to Westminster for their wedding ceremonies on Monday before the feast of S t Agnes [21 Jan.] …