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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 2 was founded on a royal estate which extended from the Kennet north and south over downland. In the 11th century … 19th century and earlier it was bounded south-east by the Kennet, south-west by Marlborough Castle, and north-west … m., and, at c. 137 m., on the gravel and alluvium of the Kennet and Og south of those streets. The line marked by High …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Nubir, Nywebir, Nowebery. Newbury stands on the River Kennet; the road leading from London westwards runs through … the form of a Y, cut through near the fork by the River Kennet. The main thoroughfare, or trunk of the Y, is … evidence that the castle stood to the south of the Kennet near the wharf, but the formation of a basin or wet …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… favourable position for water-borne traffic, being on the Kennet near to its junction with the Thames. The origin of … Giles's Church, and Crown Street. Bridges cross the River Kennet, which flows through the town a little to the south of … also remains in Crown Street. London Street crosses the Kennet by High Bridge, a handsome stone bridge, rebuilt, as …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… threw up fortifications on the strip of land between the Kennet and the Thames. 2 After the battle of Englefield King … away from any great road and from the main stream of the Kennet. The original settlement at Reading was probably along the Kennet eastward from the Seven Bridges to the east of the …
Annales Cestrienses
… Stephen, who were chiefly Normans, as the French. "1141" ( Kennet). "Radulphus suc. 1141, II Cal. Feb." ( Wharton). A …
Annales Cestrienses
… archbishops in the earlier part of the chronicle. "1094" ( Kennet). A description of the altar tomb in the south aisle …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… et prefecto per Papam in epm. Norvic. 9 July 1337. Dr. Kennet's Col. in K. p. 71, from Dr. Hutton's Le Neve's Fasti, … E Regro. Reynolds. Dugd. Hist. of St. Paul's. See p. 411. Kennet's Case of Impropriations, p. 278. Walker, fo. 157. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… This Prelate was the Bishop of Peterborough, Dr. White Kennet. To the honour of the Lords, the Bill was rejected "by …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… See supra, p. 417, note. "It is certain," says Bishop Kennet, (of whom see vol. iii. p. 412; ad fin,) "that the …
Old and New London
… not even attempt to hew down the robber. In 1780, Alderman Kennet (Vintner) was mayor during the Gordon riots. He had … riots, one of the members observed, "If you ring the bell, Kennet will come in, of course." On being asked why he did … Pugh, a soap-boiler. "Ring the bell, Soap-suds," said Kennet. "Ring it yourself, Bar," replied Pugh; "you have been …