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The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… AFTER THE SUPPRESSION 15401553. The Augustinian priory of St. Bartholomew, West Smithfield, being now suppressed, it … Rich, and the other possessions to various people desirous of acquiring monastic lands. The first few years after the … in London, viz. St. Mary's, St. Thomas's, and the new abbey on Tower Hill; but Rahere's hospital nominally shared …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XXVIII. AGAR TOWN, AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. Origin of the Midland RailwayAgar Town as it wasA Good ClearanceUnderground Operations for the Construction of the Midland Railway and TerminusRe-interment of a Roman … from Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals, Westminster Abbey, &c.; while in the interior and exterior may be seen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… IN dealing with Oxford from an agricultural point of view it is necessary to treat of the various methods of culture which result from its varying soils. As the county …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1500-1793 AGRICULTURE c. 1500 c. 1793 Sketch map of farming countries In the 16th century Wiltshire, excluding enclaves, comprehended parts of various farming regions. In the north was the Cheese … run of landowners. The usual system on the estates of the bishops of Salisbury and Winchester was to lease entire …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… c. 1870 In 1794 T. Davis wrote: 'The agricultural pursuits of the inhabitants of every county or district are directed, in the first place, … those necessaries which they cannot raise, by sale of those of which they have a surplus.' 1 This statement …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Bailey and Chaigley, a township, in the parish of Mitton, union of Clitheroe, Lower division of the hundred … a hamlet, in the parish of Castor, union and soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 2 … inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Wansford to Peterborough. Ainderby-myers, with Holtby AINDERBY-MYERS, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the land of Roger de Courcelles included HOLT ( Olta, probably the … HOLCOMBE. Alweard had held both in 1066 and held Holcombe of Roger in 1086, when Roger's tenant at Holt was one Robert. … 39 The two estates seem to have been combined in the manor of AISHOLT, probably a fee of William de Curci's barony of …
A Dictionary of London
… Alderman's Walk Alban (St.), Wood Street On the east side of Wood Street, at the corner of Little Love Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward … 930 (p.1). Newcourt says it belonged originally to the Abbey of St. Albans, and that the Abbot in 1077 exchanged the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and market-town having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty of … assembled by his command, and, in the great court of the abbey, swore to be thenceforward faithful subjects. A … a palatine jurisdiction similar to that exercised by the Bishops of Durham and Ely; they had also a precedence from …
Survey of London
… Albany CHAPTER XXII Albany: Stone Conduit Close Of the present buildings of Albany the 'mansion' (or Albany House) is the former … the first Lord Melbourne. Behind the mansion two ranges of chambers stretching north to Burlington Gardens were built …