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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… By the 19th century, however, it probably comprised little more than Penleigh House and Farm and a few farm cottages. … for some centuries afterwards Dilton seems to have been more important than Dilton Marsh. By the beginning of the … however, Dilton was a mere hamlet and Dilton Marsh the more populous district with a thriving weaving industry. 6 In …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ½ hide, to Roger Cook in fee, reserving a rent. 64 Nothing more is known of the descent of this property except that it … a., was sold in 1599 by Lord Mountjoy (d. 1606) to Jasper More of Heytesbury. 91 The estate passed to Jasper's two …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 19 were the chief lords under the king. 20 Nothing more of their overlordship is known. The estate was known as … of Jocelin Plucknet and it was said to be worth 10. 53 No more is heard of the Plucknet overlordship, and the land was … in Westbury Leigh for other land in the same place. 5 More land was acquired in Leigh and Westbury in 13201 by an …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Parliament, 1213-1702. V.C.H. Wilts. v. 215. For a more detailed account of Westbury's 18th-century …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 75 In 1833 about 50 boys were taught, besides the more usual subjects, enough geometry to qualify them for …
A History of the County of Sussex
… ends have curvilinear gable-heads; the eastern preserves more of its original contour than the other and has a moulded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by Appleby, towards Penrith; and that of Kendal, more particularly southward and westward of that town. Loose … the inclosures are of smaller extent, and the hills more lofty and rugged, until their aspect becomes wholly wild … elevations and sizes; the Lancashire shore is higher and more abrupt, and is clothed with wood, though not to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… cornice and enriched cartouche with shield-of-arms; two more shields-of-arms in spandrels; loose at the E. end of the … originally faced the main thoroughfare, the detail is more elaborate. The upper windows have semi-circular heads …
Old and New London
… connected his thirtysixth birthday with such an act, is more than we are told in his narrative. The most stately … Council. He was in his youth an excellent poet, and in his more advanced years a fine writer. His love of poetry is … or singularity, but space does not admit of our mentioning more than one or two. One of these is to the memory of …