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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… 8 Edward I (1279-80) ANNO 8 EDWARD I. Monday the Feast of S. Vincent, Martyr [22 Jan.]. Fitz Otho (Walter), … of S. Andrew de Holeburne; also houses in New Street for life; remainder to Dionisia his daughter, and in default … to a charge for keeping his obit. His other house, his ships, and other goods to be disposed of by his executors for …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… I (1625-49). ANNO 1 CHARLES I. Monday next after Feast of Annunciation of V. Mary [25 March]. Jackson (Joseph), … addition to a former sum of forty-five pounds bequeathed for the maintenance of three poor scholars, so as to raise … Mooregate in the parish of S. Stephen in Colemanstreete, for their lives; remainder to Humfrey Lee. Dated 19 January, …
Survey of London
… the north and south (Ill. 315). It covers the greater part of Spa Field, more commonly Spa Fields, which gained fame … in the 1920s and early 1930s: by the Northampton Estate for industry and commerce, especially on Easton Street; by … became the Finsbury Discharged & Demobilised Sailors' and Soldiers' Working Men's Club & Institute, and was later used …
The Environs of London
… WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and … or farm within the manor of Mortlake, which accounts for its being omitted in the Conqueror's survey. Archbishop … this manor from the time of the Conquest 5, exchanged it for other lands with Henry VIII., who soon afterwards granted …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., SU 00 SW, SZ 09 NW) The Urban District of Wimborne Minster covers 653 acres on the N. bank of the R. … that neither of them was entered by the opposite sex. For a woman was never permitted to enter the congregation of … make arrangements or give orders about any outside affairs for the profit of the monastery, spoke through the window, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at … in 1874. 95 Further road improvements, planned in 1937-8 for a western relief road and London-Plymouth road to bypass … 87 The railway encouraged the development of bulk milk transport and commercial dairies. About 1890 the West Surrey …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … view of the fine Vale of Black more, extending for many miles: the land is extremely fertile, and within a … the most barbarous outrages. When retiring to their ships, however, they were attacked, routed with great …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Winchcombe WINCHOMBE (16 miles N. of Cirencester) The alleged 'camp' on Langley Hill (SP 008290) cannot be accepted as a hill-fort on the basis of the visible remains (see p. xxxiv). A monumental stone with a relief of a Roman soldier was found somewhere in Stancombe Wood (SP …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first Parliaments of England were … has possibly been moved since its first erection. The hole for the ancient oak bolt may be seen in the jamb. On the … windows, and the string course at the side of the dormers for the roof which come down between them remain and are …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city … resting-place of the society. In this state they remained for a century and a-half without addition. At the Dissolution … on the east, which was eventually annexed by the warden for his house and garden; its Commoners found extended …