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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… Commissions to Doctor William Loving to be physician and surgeon of the garrisons of the Isle of Wight; Mr. … East India Company, it was thought fit to enquire into it and examine what grounds there were for it, before they … the invention of an engine very useful for draining mines, mears and marshes, and raising water for supplying towns, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by Henry of Blois, and consisted of a church with hospital buildings on the … gules. The church of St. Cross consists of a quire, north and south chapels, north and south transepts, central tower, … are two bellsby Pack & Chapman of London, 1789; by Thomas Mears of London, 1811, respectively. The church plate …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … on the south face, and strikes upon three bells cast by Mears of London in 1830. From the state entrance tower to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… across the Winterborne valley at altitudes between 250 ft. and 600 ft. above sea-level; it formerly included some 60 … the river appear to represent three separate villages and manors. Philipston, in the N., lay around the present … forming square panels. Fittings Bell: one, by Thomas Mears, 1840. Chairs: In chancel, two, of oak, with cabriole …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just … 1637, the 3rd 15th century but uninscribed, the 4th by G. Mears of London, 1865, the 5th by Thomas Gardiner of Sudbury, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a … lands in Leverington, in all about 125 acres, by Robert Mears of Wisbech to Robert Mears his son in 1761, for a life annuity of £80; and on the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … of the district, forms part of the boundary between Newton and Tydd on the northwest. The boundary with Leverington on … a.); the Rector (68 a.); John Pitchford (57 a.); Robert Mears (37 a.). Only two houses are mentioned-both in Earl's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. … 5th by Thomas Norris of Stamford, 1634; 6th by C. and J. Mears of London, 1856. The registers begin in 1650 and are …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … the sanctus bell. 56 The tower now contains six bells by Mears and Stainbank of London, 1887, replacing a ring of five. The …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … 2 3 " William Martindale 3 0 James Taylor 4 6 Birks Robert Stainbank 3 0 " 4 6 Nether Hall and Coppack Hill William …