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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two … place is noticed by Leland as giving name to a small beck, or stream, which flowed by it in its course from Panton to … an almshouse for six clergymen's widows, and six widowers or widows, of Wragby, which, in 1707, he endowed with a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… coursed rubble, was built as a house and shop in 1849. The street front has a round-headed doorway, plain window … map). The windows have vertical and horizontal sashes, or casements, with wooden lintels. (458) House, No. 7, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… which have moulded capitals and bases; they are modern or entirely restored, but the design is of the 14th century. … (2) ridged coffin-lid, with remains of incised cross, 13th or 14th-century. Niches: In navein E. wall, S. of chancel …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … Coquet, and takes its name from the stream of the Wreigh or Wreath. It comprises about 395 acres, of which two-thirds … and parts of Dodcottcum-Wilkesley, Newhall, and Soond or Sound, 2300 inhabitants, of whom 527 are in the township …
A Dictionary of London
… brasineo" called the "Wrastelars" in Aldrichegate street in parishof St. Botolph Without Aldrichegate, I Ed. … business purposes. Wrestlers' Court South out of Camomile Street at No.2 (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within. … Company, by the name of "Vernon's quay." It seems to be on or near the site of Bear Quay in Horwood, now covered by the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with Wroxeter parish … 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … B.L. Maps, O.S.D. 208. 13 th Rep. R. Com. Holyhead Rd. H.C. 437, p. 8 (1836), xxxvi; SA 15334; above, plate 7. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … by his successors in the living: the reformer was born in or near this place. Wycombe WYCOMBE, a hamlet, in the parish …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the ancient … part of the township probably marked the site of the farm or lodge of a medieval assart. 16 By the mid 17th century …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… boys' council schools closed, 7 and the C.E. and Gower Street Council schools became junior mixed and infant … 26 Wrockwardine Wood Girls' and Infant Board School, Gower Street, opened in 1879 to accommodate 99 girls and 136 … council school in Wombridge. 48 Wrockwardine Wood Junior (or Standard I) Boys' Board School, built on the National …