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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … lies on the W. side of Weymouth Bay; it extends 6 miles N.S. and 5 miles E.W. covering some 11 square miles. The parish … to the E. having moulded and stop-chamfered king posts and queen posts, the two to the W. being rather plainer with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Cottesloe, county of Buckingham, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Stony- Stratford; containing, with the hamlet … Lord Grey, who was honoured in 1568 by a visit from Queen Elizabeth, then on her Buckinghamshire progress: … are also numerous. Whalley free grammar school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, was rebuilt by subscription in 1725, with a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the vicarage of Mutford annexed, valued in the king's books at 6. 6. 5.; net income, 660; patrons, the Master and … site of a Benedictine nunnery founded and amply endowed by Queen Elfrida, about the year 986, in expiation of the murder … Edgar and by him mother of King Etheldred the 2nd; which Queen Elfrida, after Edgar's death, murdered his eldest son …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… souls in Wheatenhurst to the Prior of Horsley, as Bruton's local agent, 72 but in 1371 it was ordered that a secular … 40 a. of land in neighbouring parishes were bought, from Queen Anne's Bounty in 1747, 1767, and 1786. 86 Dorothy Bayly … 219. G.D.R. Whitminster terriers, 1785, 1807; C. Hodgson, Queen Anne's Bounty (1845), p. cclxxxvi. 16th Rep. Com. Char. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest the king's thegn Brictric held Wheatenhurst, and in 1086 Hardinc held … and his wife Elizabeth in 1302, 79 and was in the king's hands with other lands of the earl in 1322. 80 It was … Edward IV included the manor among those settled on the queen; 89 Richard III's undertaking in 1483 to grant …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 10 miles (S. S. E.) from Ravenglass; containing 299 inhabitants. It … An annuity of 16, supposed to have been granted by Queen Elizabeth from the crown revenues in the county, and …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Symon de Kirkeby, clerk, John de Eboraco, clerk; Dodsworth's MS. 149, f. 138. 12201220 Adam, son of Orm de Wraton and … 1568 Walter Strickland, esq., held at his death, of the queen by knight's service [the moiety of] the manor of … to his inheritance the manor of Whinfell, held of the queen by knight's service, was of the clear yearly value of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Bootle; containing 208 inhabitants. The parish … of the sea. About 26 years ago, Dr. King, now president of Queen's College, Cambridge, drove a level about a hundred … The town first sent members to parliament in the 27th of Queen Elizabeth, and was deprived of its franchise by the act …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Whitbourne 91 WHITBOURNE (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIV, S.E., (b)XV, S.W., (c)XXI, N.E., (d)XXI, S.E., (e)XXII, N.W.) … under one of the ceiling-beams. The roof is of king and queen-post construction. The Barns stand S.W. of the house; …
A Dictionary of London
… See Africa House. White Alley, Coleman Street See White's Alley. White Bear In Abchurch Lane. Destroyed in the Fire 1666. Rebuilt as " Pontack's," for many years a famous tavern. It was in existence as … Court" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Site now occupied by Queen Victoria Street. Name derived from the sign. White Bear …