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A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … part of the parish lies in the alluvial Brue valley and averages 5 m. (16 ft.) above sea level. It is the site …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … ordnance, in the presence of many of the nobility, general officers, and a large concourse of people. Mr. Schalch, … consisting of a central building appropriated as offices for the directorgeneral of the field train, and other …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … workshops for the different artificers; and houses for the officers of the yard. This dockyard, like that at Deptford, … of convicts, who are employed in the most laborious offices at the dockyard and warren, having proper persons to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) … burgesses, assisted by a town-clerk and subordinate officers. The borough first exercised the elective franchise …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon have become part of the parish, was probably woodland and was defined as a southern tail of Savernake forest. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, … down, to secure the city and try the delinquents: these officers, as a preliminary step, imposed a fine of 5000 on … of from 300 to 400 tons' burthen are constructed; also two patent-slips. The manufacture of cordage and other articles …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… ten canons, all of whose prebends were in the king's gift, and were always referred to by their numbers. 1 A few months … accession the bishop, dean and five canons lost their offices. During the Interregnum, the bishop, dean dean and … by the Crown to the prebends can normally be found in the patent rolls and the London Gazette. The virtually complete …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541
… J. de Gigliis, S. de Gigliis, Medici, Ghinucchi, Bell and Heath. Worcester Cathedral Muniment Room MSS. of the Dean and Chapter. Liber Albus of the Priory of Worcester. Ledgers …