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A History of the County of Berkshire
… originally surrounded Southcot Manor House in the same county. All but a short fragment of this wall has been … the remaining third on producing a certificate from the county committee that he 'did not beare armes at al in these …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Brechin BRECHIN, a burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Forfar, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Montrose, and 66 … for three days, and is one of the most considerable in the county. From time immemorial the town has been a royal burgh, … and Quarff BRESSAY, BURRA, and QUARFF, a parish, in the county of Orkney and Shetland; containing 1798 inhabitants, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the union of Bromyard, hundred of Broxash, county of Hereford, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from Bromyard; … hundred of Oswaldslow, Worcester and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (E.) from Worcester; containing … hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Tewkesbury; …
The Environs of London
… to Mr. Laurence Le Forest, who is the present proprietor. County elections. The elections for the county of Middlesex are held at Brentford, for which reason it is considered as the county-town; but there is no town-hall or other public …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the assizes were formerly held here. The powers of the county debt-court of Brentwood, established in 1847, extend … of Congleton, hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Sandbach; … division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of Stafford, 1 mile (S. E.) from Rugeley; containing …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Hawarden, union of Great Boughton, hundred of Mold, county of Flint, North Wales, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from the … the great marsh of Saltney, which extends into the county of Chester, and was inclosed pursuant to an act passed … of Llanidloes, union of Newtown and Llanidloes, county of Montgomery, North Wales: the population is returned with the …
Survey of London
… nos. 4067. Ibid., nos. 4846. P.O.D.; Endowed Charities ( County of London), vol. V, 1903, pp. 1824. H. Roberts, The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and Elizabeth (Greysley), the latter the widow of Sir John Montgomery. It is of carved alabaster and is thought to be an … Thomas Giffard (d. 1560), between his two wives, Dorothy (Montgomery) and Ursula (Throckmorton). The base has seven … disrepair by 1933. 169 It came under the control of the County Council in 1951, 170 and is now Bishop's Wood Church …
A History of the County of Stafford
… expense of the parish in 1605 57 and at the expense of the county in 1711. 58 Rebuilt in 1796, 59 it was described in … rebuilt as a cart bridge c. 1757. 63 It was widened by the county in 1823 64 and stated to be in good repair in 1830. 65 … Park of Brewood' mentioned in 1286, 69 was rebuilt by the county in 1824. 70 Two bridges over Dean's Hall Brook and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Newport, Upper division of the hundred of Wentlloog, county of Monmouth, 5 miles (S.) from Newport; containing 247 … a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Caldicot, county of Monmouth, 8 miles (E. by N.) from Newport; … by a rocky precipice overhanging the Severn; Robert de Montgomery had here a strongly-fortified palace. Half a mile …