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A History of the County of Essex
… and on council minutes, newspapers, and a list at the town hall for the period 1865-1974; sources are given for any …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Found described as COARSE, COLOURED, CUTWORK, FRAME WORK, NEW, OLD, PLAIN, SILVER, SMALL, spring, straight As used with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 260. Baldock (St. Mary) BALDOCK ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, in the union of Hitchin, hundred of … some antiquaries derive it from Balbec, supposing the town to have been so called by the Templars, in memory of the … Mr. John Winne. In cutting through Baldock hill, to form a new turnpike-road, a great number of fossils, consisting of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… (1). Parish Church of St. Mary, in the centre of the town, is built of flint rubble with stone dressings; pieces …
A Dictionary of London
… 1799. " Ball Yard," Rocque, 1746. Site now occupied by the new Out-Patient Department and other buildings of St. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to augment the foundation. The gift was accompanied by a new set of statutes, 4 which, in the words of the donor, were … 12 scenes from Gethsemane to the Ascension with a lower row of 6 panels, 4 of which showed angels and 2 the donor, … to collect the rain water from the roof of his house 'the town water is hard I believe'. Or 'The enclosed is a sketch …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… 13278 but its position is uncertain. The Old Hall, now the New Library, is said to have been built by Thomas Chace, … and, as to its E. part, by Robert Abdy, Master (147790). A new chapel was built at the E. end of the N. range between … N. of Bristol Buildings in 1826, Salvin's Buildings and a new block at the N.W. angle of the front quadrangle in 18523, …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… by way of scrutiny, such matters shall be tried by the new gilt box, brought in by the Chamberlain, whereon is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster, and formerly a market town, lies close to the river Thames c. 12½ miles (20 km.) … In 1931 Aston and Cote was united with Chimney to form a new civil parish of Aston Bampton, enlarged to 4,440 a. … ignored both the ford and the road and mentioned only a 'new ditch', but the account seems to have omitted several …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bampton (St. Michael) BAMPTON ( St. Michael), a market-town and parish, in the union of Tiverton, hundred of … flows into the Exe, about one mile and a quarter below the town; and thence, by contraction, deduce the present name. … in the north part of the inner ward is a fair piece of new building of stone." During the war between the houses of …