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A History of the County of Somerset
… minster parish of Bruton. Traces of that link were still to be found in the 1080s when a new hundred was created of … main part of the parish measured c. 7 km. from north-west to south-east and over 2 km. from east to west at its widest … A further 52 children attended three dame schools. 38 A British school was held at the Baptist chapel in the 1830s …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the immediate vicinity of this town; in which, according to Burnet's History of his own Times, was shed the first … blood in the Revolution of 1688, though some state this to have occurred at Cirencester. In 1747, a considerable … the Welsh, the king named Arthur, in honour of the British hero of that name. In 1522, Henry VIII., in company …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… in Stancombe Wood (SP 039285). 1 A concentration of Romano-British pottery has been noted in a gas-pipe trench at SP … a further scatter extending N.N.E. past Stancombe Wood to SP 045305. 2 Roman material of the 4th century has been … (SP 024284), 3 and fragments of black urns 'of ancient British date' were reported from a nearby location N. of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 1895, the endowment of the hospital, amounting annually to 1,681 6 s. 7 d. from rents and about 19 from consols, was … cash and 323 9 s. consols; in 1603, William Burton, rents to the value of 106 and 381 2 s. 3 d. consols; in 1606, … The same testator bequeathed 300 for the support of the British School, invested in the purchase of 180 4 s. 3 d. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the city, St. Bartholomew, Hyde Street, the old Roman road to Silchester, running north from where Jewry Street meets … date. It faces north and south at right angles to the street, and has been partly rebuilt, all the windows … original openings are still visible, however, and appear to have held wooden mullioned sashes. The end to the street …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Introduction TOPOGRAPHY WINCHESTER Wenta (British); Caer Gwent (traditional Celtic); Venta Belgarum … the extension of the proposed parliamentary boundary so as to include the sokes, the part of Winnall parish which … 1 By the Act of 1835 the parliamentary boundary was taken to hold for municipal purposes; the Cathedral Close as well …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… setting aside the legends of King Lucius, may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. Birinus having made his … and have been fully described in the Proceedings of the British Archaeological Association for 1845 by Mr. J. G. …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of the Order of the … late. The title has not been met (outside Lant) from 1380 to 1418 or 1419 when Windsor was sent to the Duke of Brittany … by Glover's reversionary grant of Norroy. Many copies in British Museum and elsewhere; unfortunately it is quite …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Winson WINSON (5 miles N.E. of Cirencester) (1) Romano-British Settlement (SP 076069), consisting of linked … stands as a platform about 1 ft. high and 90 ft. long. To the N., possibly bounding the settlement, a bank or wall 350 ft. long returns S. at the E. end. Romano-British pottery, including samian, with quern fragments and …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Winstone WINSTONE No Iron Age or Romano-British monument is known in this parish. …