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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Oswi, and Leoflede, daughter of Brithnod the first abbot, on the admission into that monastery of their son Ailwin, … is supposed to have taken up his residence in the castle, on leaving which the king attempting to cross the Wash at an … a. 2 r. 34 p., and is bounded on the south by the river Stour. The living is a vicarage endowed with the rectorial …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… was resident at Witherslack Hall and paid tax that year on seven hearths. In 1684 a dispute between the Earl of Derby … brother, Matthew de Redemane, Roger de Burton, Richard de Preston, knights; Roger de Lancastre, brother of the said … Christopher Pekeryng, knight, James Layburn, esq., Tho 8 Preston, esq., Richard Gilpen, gentleman, W m Cairus, Tho. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 818 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Colne, comprises about 7000 acres: the soil is … 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Hereford; containing, with Preston-Wynne chapelry, 817 inhabitants, of whom 648 are in … is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Preston-Wynne annexed, valued in the king's books at 5. 1.; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Abingdon; containing 580 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Isis, and comprises 2168 a. 2 r. 22 p. … containing 261 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on the south by the English Channel, and comprises 1000 acres … 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Blackburn, on the road to Preston; containing 1073 inhabitants. This township comprises …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants are supplied with water by pipes from a spring on Mawndown, a hill about a mile distant. A woollen manufacture is carried on, but not on so large a scale as formerly; the articles … ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 1120 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by a portion of the county of Bedford, and … 427 inhabitants. It is situated near the Severn, on the road between Shrewsbury and Welshpool, from which … neat, and pleasantly situated on the right bank of the Stour. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal passes …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… minister in 1656. 55 Before 1693 a minister built a house on the waste at Oakengates and lived there, but within a few … assistant curate in Dawley. 68 William Sockett, rector of Preston upon the Weald Moors from 1714, also served Wombridge … News Letter, xxxiii. 12. Cartlidge, Usc-con, 66; above, Preston, Church. S.P.R. Lich. viii (1), 165-229; below, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had supplied the company's managers with milk and potatoes on advantageous terms. 16 By 1936 motor transport had become … at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the parish. … iron to many of their other iron-making concerns in the Stour Valley area. Thomas Foley (1616-77) paid the Charltons …
Alumni Oxonienses
… of Middle Temple 1597, as 2s. Richard, of Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. … 14 Dec., 1574, fellow 1577, M.A. 1 July, 1577; vicar of Preston, Yorks, 1589. See Foster's Index Eccl. [ 20] Wyburne, … Callington 1661-78, East Grinstead 1681, Saltash 1685-7, Preston 1702-5; died 29 Dec., 1707; brother of Peter 1643. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… to gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to the E. is with Preston Deanery. The sub-soil of the parish is varied, … by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, Long and Blackemoor or West Fields are …