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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, … and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At Henton is a second church, dedicated to Christ. In the … 988 inhabitants. This parish, which reaches to the sea-coast, comprises about 6000 acres. Stone of good quality …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Abbey was transferred here in 1172 from its original site at Little Bindon in West Lulworth. The third settlement, … a(1) The Parish Church of The Holy Rood stands at the S.E. end of the village. The walls are of rubble … from an angle of the cloister arcade. The alley paving was taken to Lulworth castle (Hutchins 1st edn. I, 140). Bindon …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Tintern Abbey. In 1882 the detached portion of the parish at Madgett, comprising 308 a., was transferred to Tidenham. 2 … of the Cone brook were transferred to Alvington. At the same time the irregular shape of the parish boundary … Brookend to the church mentioned in 1545. 58 The course taken by the modern main road has been in use at least since …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Harris and Thomas families. 79 The Harris family lived at Brockweir 80 and having property in Hewelsfield were … 85 No dissenters were reported in 1750. 86 In 1809 a house at Woolaston Common was licensed for worship, and another in … Baptists in 1835, and in 1851 two Sunday services taken by a resident minister were attended by congregations …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1,735 a. which included the detached part of Sedgemoor at Penzoy awarded in 1795. 7 In 1885 Withy Leaze, a detached … the alluvial Brue valley and averages 5 m. (16 ft.) above sea level. It is the site not only of part of the course of … to the south seems to have been created from house sites taken from the arable fields or orchards. 5 The houses …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S.E. boundary coinciding with the summit of the escarpment at an altitude of 900 ft. above sea-level. Below the Chalk, at 500 ft. to 600 ft., is a … throvgh Gods good grace, Her sovle in ye Heavens hath taken her place. & died in the yeare of ovr Lord God 1616 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks … John Newton, Esq., was lord of the manor. Great care is taken for the preservation of the house; and when it was … chapel. Mrs. Mary Wiseman, in 1758, bequeathed 1000 South Sea annuities, for educating and clothing orphan sons of …
The Environs of London
… banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … a repository for military machines, both for the land and sea service 57; in which are also various models of bridges, … A piece of ground, containing about fifty acres, was taken on lease by Government 59, of Mr. Bowater, about twenty …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) WOOTTON ( St. Mary), a … The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the patronage and … by the Motherbank, and on the east by an inlet of the sea, across which is a narrow causeway called Wootton bridge, …