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Survey of London
… The Racks, was formerly part of the Campden House estate and came into the possession of the Phillimore family during … as part of a settlement on the latter's marriage, and confirmed the transaction by his will. 1 Joseph … Ramsay Robinson, who owned other land in Kensington and had at one time been a tenant of The Racks, purchased …
A History of the County of York
… p. 2. Anglian York, p. 3. The School of York, p. 6. Danish and Viking York, p. 9. The Rule of the Earls, p. 13. The … of the city during that period, partly because systematic and extensive excavation is impossible and partly because the … upon the court of Northumbria. King Edwin (616–32) had standards carried before him not only in war-time but in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (b)v. S.E.) Belchamp St. Paul's is a small parish and village about 5 m. W. of Sudbury. Ecclesiastical b (1). … The walls are of flint rubble with dressings of limestone and clunch ; the roofs are covered with tiles and lead. The … with foliated scroll-mouldings, traceried panels, and two standards with elaborately carved figures of a seated king …
A History of the County of London
… nor yet in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle before the year 1040, and there can be no doubt that the more important the house … the foundation stories of such houses as St. Paul's and St. Alban's. The legend of the destruction of the temple of Apollo by King Lucius and the building of the Christian church of St. Peter on its …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke) BENSON The large and thriving village of Benson - by far the most populous … the London road, with a relatively broad range of trades and a diverse social structure. Until the 20th century it … periods of absence in the late 1770s. 1 By contemporary standards church life was reasonably vibrant. Henry Cremer …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (b)xiii. S.W. (c)xiii. S.E.) Berden is a small parish, and the village is about 5 m. N. of Bishop's Stortford, on the W. border of the county. Berden Hall and Berden Priory are interesting secular monuments of the … modern. Seating: In N. transeptpart of three panelled standards, with moulded heads, also moulded upper rails of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… rolling heathland, over Bagshot Beds, lying between 50 ft. and 200 ft. above O.D., across which the river Frome cuts … S.E. The middle part is largely occupied by Reading Beds and London Clay which give rise to extensive woodland. The N. … two-stage inset angle buttresses ending in tall pinnacled standards, and an embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Berrick Salome BERRICK SALOME The small and relatively scattered village of Berrick Salome occupies … ground a mile or so north of Benson, its clunch-rubble and timber-framed buildings strung loosely along the Newington road and a few intersecting lanes amidst some small-scale modern …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, a port, borough, market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and 334 (N. by W.) from London; containing 8484 inhabitants. … the modern improvements in husbandry, and in agricultural implements, have been adopted. Considerable attention is paid …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) BESFORD ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union, and Upper division of the hundred, of Pershore, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (W. by … an extensive and flourishing manufactory of agricultural implements; and numerous poor persons are employed in the …