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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the evidence adduced above, 63 … of a Fen County (Draft Report of the County Planning Dept.), Map No. 50. viz. building, transport, commercial and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was … 87, 102, 104. Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society, I (19089), 634.) (23) Roman Building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … adult education was continued by the Witney School of Science and Art, still closely connected with the Wesleyan school. 18 By …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … with Sunday-school rooms above. 244 Behind it is a former science block of 18967, two-storeyed and of brick, built by … instrumental in promoting adult education in technical and science subjects. 395 Friendly and benefit societies were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … feet long by 25 wide, in which, amongst valuable works of art by ancient sculptors, are deposited some of the finest …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the … par., Manors. Wright, Essex, i. 395; Alum. Oxon. 1715-86. Dept. of Env., Building List, Wivenhoe. E.R.O., D/DU 225/14; …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and … 277/13/1. Ibid. D/P 277/25/20; 277/11/1. Ibid. D/DE1 L8; Dept. of Env., Buildings List, Wivenhoe. E.R.O., D/P …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES The manor of WIVENHOE was an estate of 5 … 15, Essex, PRN 2400: copy in E.C.C. Archaeology Section; Dept. of Env., Buildings List; above, plate 19. E.R.O., D/DHt …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire which lies to the E. The E. part is mainly covered by Boulder Clay and slopes gently W. between 90 m. and 100 m. above OD. To … near Wollaston Church (SP 908631; J. Northants. Mus. and Art Gall., 10 (1974), 38). b(31) Saxon Site (SP 90446252), …