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A History of the County of Essex
… virgates. In 1086 it was held by Geoffrey Martel as tenant of Geoffrey de Mandeville. It was then stated that the manor … conveyed his interest in the manor to Robert Meredith, one of the grantees of 1544, whereupon Meredith and three … oak studs with original 'nogging', one brick wide, between them. The sides of the studs have splayed grooves to receive …
A History of the County of Essex
… once an important nonconformist centre for this part of Essex, originated about 1698 through the labours of the … were 'gentlemen'. 68 If these figures are correct this was one of the strongest nonconformist churches in Essex. Ross … and 19th centuries, with only short vacancies, and some of them remained for many years. Eisdell's ministry came to an …
A History of the County of Essex
… relief PARISH GOVERNMENT AND POOR RELIEF The court rolls of the manor of Abbess Roding survive for 1472-1530 86 and … at which officers were elected was generally the only one in the year, and the rector usually took the chair. From … 10 s. a quarter. 91 The vestry appointed two constables, one for the 'township' and one for 'Berwick hamlet'; perhaps …
A History of the County of Essex
… no school in the parish. The rector wished to establish one because he thought that the children of the poor were unruly and in need of training but he had … poor and the local landowners too indifferent to support one. 98 There was still no school in 1818. 99 Between 1818 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… WALES. Abbey Cwm Hr ABBEY CWM HR, a parish, in the union of Rhaiadr, comprising the hamlet of Cevnpawl in the hundred … separately for the support of its poor, and is the only one of the parish in the county of Flint, all the others … until the sixth century, when the sea suddenly overspread them: tradition reports that one Helig Voel ab Glanog, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Abbey Dore AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN SOUTH-WEST … in. gauge) were not in the centre of the road but well to one side" ( Woolhope Club Trans., 19081911, 70; Arch. Camb., … halves of these gables were cut off and the walls between them were heightened and the wall finished with a continuous …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Abbey Green - Aberdeenshire A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SCOTLAND. Abbey-Green ABBEY-GREEN, a considerable village, … having been the residence of the abbots of Dunfermline, one of whom erected a mansion here, the site of which is … bailies and corporation of the town of Kirkcaldy, and by them transferred to the family of the Scotts of Balweary, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Abbots Langley SCHEDULE A AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF … of the Manor House, large fragment. a (4). Cottages: one almost opposite the parish church, of timber and plaster, … arms, with the initials C.R. above and the date 1642 below them, and on each side a large fleur-de-lis; the design was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Abbots Ripton AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE. … 16th century, is of three bays with two-centred arches of one splayed and moulded order; the cylindrical columns have … bays, extending for most of its length; the arches are of one plain order and the responds and intermediate piers have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Abbotsbury AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN WEST DORSET … and tower-arch. The plaster ceiling of the chancel was inserted in 1638 and in 1751 the reredos was erected blocking … stands a few inches above ground-level and consists of one bay of the N. wall (probably of the N. nave aisle) with …