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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … wapentake of Loveden, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Grantham; containing 674 … as the basin deepens; it is filled by the river tide, or by a steam-engine situated a few hundred yards from the …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich … is) for the use of the poor 4. Manor. Manor of Woolwich, or Southall in Woolwich. The whole of this parish has been … in 1558, to Thomas Palmer and Andrew Castell 24. The monastery of Stratford Langthorne had an estate of about 50 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … wardens, in trust for the poor, a close called the Farm, or Church-close, the proceeds to be distributed yearly at … the wapentake of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (S. E.) from Barton-upon-Humber; containing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part Wootton Hundred (Southern Part) THE SOUTHERN part of Wootton hundred 1 covered 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided … period Eynsham was an important centre, its early minster church succeeded in 1005 by Eynsham abbey, which … predominant building materials were limestone and thatch or stone slate, but lack of local stone in the south, chiefly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … Warwickshire. Osric, either repairing the Roman fortress, or erecting another in this city, which by the Saxons was … was abbess. On her death, the convent was converted into a monastery for monks of the Benedictine order. The disputes …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester College Worcester College (26) Worcester … chiefly noteworthy as retaining certain of the tenements or camerae attached to the various Benedictine monasteries. … light. Inside the range, which may have contained three or more camerae, rooms on both the ground and first floor …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… WORCESTER Bishops BISHOPS OF WORCESTER Wulfstan Prior of Worcester. Proposed c. 31 … 1165 ( Ann. Worc. p. 381). D. 9 Aug. 1179 ( Diceto 1 432) or 10 Aug. (ann. St. Davids: B.M., Cotton MS. Domit. A. i fo. … Ralph 4 Archdcn. of Nottingham (York dioc.) and can. of Lincoln. El. 1 July 1190 ( Ann. Worc. p. 387). Cons. 5 May …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… three car. The land being then sufficient for eight plows or eight car. 1 There afterwards Roger de Busli (whose see … car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this land, and twenty-four villains, and eight bord. … in the third year of king Henry the first, he founded a monastery for canons of the order of St. Austin, in the …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps … about the architectural setting for this early worship or about its ornamentation. Three 8th-century archbishops …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. … Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two … of the wapentake of Wraggoe, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 10 miles (E. N. E.) from Lincoln, and 139 (N. by W.) …