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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… beneath the western ridge of the Cotswold hills. The old town, which stood in the rear of the present, was … by fire in the reign of John; the site is still termed the Old Town, and a spot there, called the Brands, is … and consists of five streets, besides the site of the old town; the houses are in general well built, and of neat …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… square shafts, and another stack at the E. end is probably old, but is hidden by ivy. Two rooms have original … brick; the roofs are tiled. Two of the cottages have old windows and chimney stacks. ConditionFairly good. c(6). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… is modern. The Organ-chamber is modern, but has some old detail re-set in it. In the E. wall is a window, said to … wall the more regularly set stones in the W. bay show the change of building in the 14th century; the buttresses are of … it is almost entirely restored, but part of the sill is old, and contains the bowl of a piscina (see Fittings). The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Roman road called WreckenDyke, which here crosses the old turnpike-road from Newcastle to Durham. Wreckington Hall … when the present church was raised on the site of the old parochial church. There are still some remains of the … John Locke, the eminent philosopher, was born in an old thatched house on the north side of the churchyard, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… head with a moulded label. The North Porch has old walls, but the outer archway and the windows are entirely … date 1640, etc. The roof of the N. nave chapel has plain old timbers, one re-used. The 15th-century roof of the S. … date, but painted, and perhaps modern. The W. tower has old timbers re-used in the first floor. The N. porch has a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… re J.P.s 1877-92, letters re France-Hayhurst's appt. and change of address, Mar.-Apr. 1879; 24 Mar. 1890. He had …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the inhabitants received poor relief, 33 and in 1931 the old-fashioned New Yard works closed with the loss of 1,000 … Nabb. 40 In 1851 the Lilleshall Co. began to replace the old railways with a private standard-gauge network, which … Bowling Club was formed in the same year, when part of an old pit mound was levelled and grassed. 56 The Trench and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… down in 1826, about the time that the Donnington Wood Old Lodge furnaces were blown in. 3 In 1861 the Lilleshall … an engineering works that replaced the Donnington Wood Old Yard works and soon became known as the New Yard. 4 … a period of unprofitability began; the plant was old, and there were difficulties in getting, and then …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… it was £35 a year, from the four cottages 93 to which the old workhouse had been converted. 94 By her will of 1675 …