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A History of the County of Stafford
… of York, exercised episcopal functions in Mercia, whose king, Wulfhere, gave him land in various places on which he … in the river Trent near the parish church means 'Andrew's isle' and refers to a church there dedicated to St. Andrew, … abbey when supervising the work of justices of the king's bench sitting at Lichfield. 6 It was probably from the latter …
A History of the County of Stafford
… mainly from the 1860s, with the creation of St. Paul's Square as a prestigious focal point in the earlier 1870s. … St.) 31 Site of Quaker meeting house (Abbey St.) 32 King's Way church, formerly Methodist chapel (Queen St.) 33 … Arthur Street itself, together with William Street and King Street, had been laid out by 1865. 20 St. Paul's Square …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a manor court which had jurisdiction over the abbey's tenants in Burton itself and in the outlying settlements of … 12 The abbot's powers were extended in 1468 when the king granted him the authority to return writs previously … was detained on the abbot's orders in 1372. 13 There was a prison in the mid 1550s, 14 and repairs to the town gaol were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1086, 11 and the abbot still held the manor of the king in free alms in the later 1270s. 12 The abbey was … family. John Blount, a butcher, took a lease of the abbey's grange at Branston in 1431 and was a burgess of Burton … built by a later John Blount, who was evidently the abbot's principal legal adviser in 1493. 4 He was succeeded …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Feld (1473-93) built what was later called the 'abbot's chamber', but its site cannot be identified. 13 There was a … goods in the great hall, dean's hall, great chamber, king's chamber, outer ( utter) hall and chamber, petty … Dissolution of the Monasteries (1910), 262-3. The 'king's chamber' was so called possibly after the visit of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… five chapels; in 1843 the perpetual curate of St. Modwen's complained that the lack of accommodation for the working … congregations employed in the breweries, most of Burton's free churches remained at peace with beer, and the brewers … Christian Fellowship of Swadlincote (Derb.) opened the King's Way church in the former Queensbridge Methodist …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of them for workers at the Bass brewery. After the brewery's Meadow Park sports and social club on the east side of … park, in Horninglow, where it remained in 2000 as the town's only semi-professional association football club. 1 Skating … 15 Freemasons A lodge of freemasons was consecrated at the King's Head inn in the market place in 1810; it survived …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1837. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 5. 6. 8., and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter … rectory, with the curacy of Shipton-George, valued in the king's books at 25, and in the gift of Lord Rivers: the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a.). 3 To the south-west Burwell is bounded by the Devil's Ditch, apparently 6th-century, and Reach Old Lode, perhaps … originally Roman. 4 Probably since medieval times, Burwell's northern boundary has run for nearly four miles along a … racing and training gallops. 59 BURWELL CASTLE. In 1144 King Stephen, confronted by the rebellion of Geoffrey de …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Burwell 2 Burwell (O.S. 6 ins. aTL 56 N.W., bTL 56 N.E., cTL 56 S.E., dTL 66 N.W., … at Burwell followed the first phase of construction of King's College chapel, Cambridge, under the direction of … back wall against which is a contemporary outshut. b(44) King William iv, Class T, of two storeys, clunch walls, white …