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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Warwickshire. Osric, either repairing the Roman fortress, or erecting another in this city, which by the Saxons was … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… and eleaven were actually prisoners for debt damages or costs in the gaole for the county of Worcester, and have … 1712 Inhabitants of Northfield in support of Thomas Row. Ref.110 BA1/1/240/30 (1716) [Wigorn?] sessions To his … being forset to remove his walfruit trees and other tree's wholy destroyd; together with a pleck of artichoks, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… three car. The land being then sufficient for eight plows or eight car. 1 There afterwards Roger de Busli (whose see … therefore take a cursorary review, after Leland and Tanner's account. " Werkensop a pretty market town of two streets, … 2 Joh: in dorso: Pat: 4 Joh: m: 11: Pat: 5 Joh: m: 10: Pl: 9 Joh: Everwiser: Regist: de Wirks: fol: 6, a cap: 13. …
A History of the County of Essex
… which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the … rise to two stories of dragons, 'worm' meaning serpent or dragon. The first, apparently unsubstantiated, is that a crocodile escaped from Richard I's menagerie in the Tower of London and caused much damage in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … about the architectural setting for this early worship or about its ornamentation. Three 8th-century archbishops … Musical Services' (Knowles), vol. ii, ff. 292, 343. Ed. S. Shepherd; Yorks. Gaz. 10 Aug. 1861; D. & C. York, MS. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish … is one of many small hamlets and farms, each with a more or less rectangular area of land, the boundaries of which are … group. a(11) Cottages, two (200 yds. S.E.). a(12) London Row, five dwellings (80 yds. S.E.). a(13) Cottages, a pair …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of their son Harry, for Anglican married couples, widows, or spinsters resident in Broadwater parish. Six houses were … Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … 44; Breads's Guide Worthing (1859), 24; Elleray, Worthing, pl. 31. Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1867, 1870). Inscr. on bldg.; cf. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … in Ambrose Place had been acquired by 1905. 92 The Good Shepherd mission room in Gordon Road was licensed for worship … Biog. Dict. Eng. Architects, 283, 485. Elleray, Worthing, pl. 143. Nairn & Pevsner, Suss. 386; Jefferson, Ch. of St. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… recorded, 2 and by the mid 17th century the easternmost or east field, the middle field, and the east field next the … eastern edge of the former east field on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by … Dir. Suss. (1845 and later edns.). Elleray, Worthing, pl. 107. Suss. Life, May 1975, p. 50. Ex inf. Roberts & Son …