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A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3
Covers two parts of the historic county: firstly, the hundred of Halfshire in the north-east, which includes several areas now within the greater Birmingham area, including Dudley, Halesowen and Yardley. Accounts are given of Kidderminster, Droitwich and Alvechurch. Secondly, the volume also covers the hundred of Oswaldslow, which largely encircles the city of Worcester.
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages
… drawn scraps of information from a wide variety of sources and touched on subjects dealt with in a great number of … in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries', University of Birmingham Historical Journal, viii (1962). Boehn, M., Modes … a Modern Capital', in Collected Papers, iii. University of Manchester, Hist. Series, lxvi, 1934. Unwin, G., The Gilds …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Abbas and Temple Combe ABBAS AND TEMPLE COMBE Abbas and Temple Combe in 1838 Abbas and … to west now occupied by a stream and the London-Exeter railway line. On either side the ground rises gradually …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises by measurement 1884 acres of land; and contains good building-stone of the granite species, and limestone, both of which are quarried. The living is a … of limestone, and a productive coal-mine, from which a railway has been laid down to a dept in the town, and an …
A History of the County of Essex
… Abbess Roding Introduction ABBESS RODING Abbess Roding and Beauchamp Roding (q.v.) form the south-west part of the … Roding as part of its name. Of these parishes only Abbess and Beauchamp Roding became part of Ongar hundred, the others … Rodings are entirely rural and very isolated; they have no railway, only infrequent bus services, and some houses in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the hamlet of Cevnpawl in the hundred of Kevenlleece, and the hamlet of Gollon in the hundred of Knighton, county … to St. Mary, was founded in 1148, by Cadwallon ab Madoc, and was originally designed for sixty brethren of the … of the Menai straits, and having a station on the Holyhead railway, Aber possesses every facility of commercial …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… bank of the Nethan, a fine stream tributary to the Clyde, and is in the centre of the parish, and contains the parochial church. The inhabitants are … portion of the parish, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, which in some parts of its course pursues a …
A Dictionary of London
… of Old Broad Street, to the north of St. Anthony's School, and was purchased by Edward Ketcher, pewterer of Thomas … Ward, 1588-96. It seems probable that Cushion Court and Adams Court, Old Broad Street (q.v.), now occupy the site … is shown in O.S. 1880, in consequence of the Metropolitan Railway extensions, and there are only a few houses in it. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Abbots Langley SCHEDULE A AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD ACCREDITED … Dwelling House, about 200 yards N.W. of King's Langley railway station, was found about 1825. ConditionNo remains … is built of flint rubble with Totternhoe stone dressings, and is roofed with tiles. The earliest part is the Nave, with …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Abbreviations Abbreviations AMONG the abbreviations and short titles used, the following may require elucidation. … University of Wales (Bangor) M.A. thesis, 1967) B.C.A. Birmingham City Archives B.L. British Library Bagshaw, Derb. … of 1864) J.R.U.L.M. John Rylands University Library of Manchester L.R.O. Lichfield Record Office L. & P. Hen. VIII …