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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of Wisbech St. Peter, … after Queen Mary, and was the first of its kind in the Isle. New classrooms for handicrafts and domestic science … as well as Wisbech itself. 94 The county boundary of the Isle and Norfolk, based on the old course of the Well Stream, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the … were larger than those practised anywhere else in the Isle, and a most rosy picture of the future of Wisbech was … of Wisbech is the most extensive of any town in the Isle, embracing as it does all the county north of a line …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, on … a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and … 10121. ORO, MSS Wills Oxon., Witney inventories. HMC De L'Isle and Dudley I, p. 298; above, manor. For Collier, PRO, E …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … at the manor house, and the presence of the king's hunting dogs at Witney in 12089 and 1210 suggests that he came for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from … induced by the beauty of the sea view, bounded by the Isle of Wight, built a lofty hexagonal tower of brick, which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 6 in. XIV, N.W.) Wolferlow is a parish on the N.E. border of the county, 4 m. N. of Bromyard. The church, with 12th-century work and an … the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Andrew stands in the S.E. part of the parish. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … place, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge; containing, with …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the … I ever saw. In the saloon is a masterly performance of dogs worrying a boar. The Common drawing-room possesses among …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (1). Holy Trinity Church, Old Wolverton, 1 mile E.N.E. of Stony Stratford, was re-built in 1815, except the two lower stages of the West Tower which are probably of the 14th century. The tower was originally central and the …