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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … and several other works, was born and buried here; and Sir Samuel Romilly resided many years in the parish. … Castle. The summit of this hill, in the form of the letter D, is fortified with triple trenches and ramparts, inclosing …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Wotton-under-Edge WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE (18 miles S.W. of Cirencester) Romano-British objects have been found in the … 123. Toynbee (1964), 173. In private possession. In Sir John Evans's collection, Ashmolean Museum. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The … whose spread-out wings the chesnut-bound Bible and prayer-book are retained by chains; the sermon is preached from the … in the king's books at 21. 6. 8., and in the gift of Sir T. S. Gooch, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… development was the writing desk combined with a BOOK - CASE above [Gloag (1952, revised 1991)], as in 'A … Two elaborate examples were illustrated in Ince and Mayhew's catalogue of 1762 [Ince and Mayhew (1762, facs. 1960)]. … Brown, and Common Blue; Blotting, Black and Gold embos'd, Plain or Gilt, and Mourning Post; Glaz'd, or having lines …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M … St. Dunstan in the east, in Tower Ward. Devised by will of Sir Wm. Herriott, 1506, to the Drapers' Company, by the name …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… occupation medical surgeon (Surgeon. BSC 1639) Period of medical practice 1627-1647 Address Covent Garden 1637 … Sep 1637 Entry Richard Robinson complained that W, surgeon of Covent Garden, had no success in treating him. W to be summoned. Initiator of the complaint patient Attitude of the accused absent …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … on lake clay. 95 Late 17th- Century Wrockwardine Domesday Book recorded 32 inhabitants in Wrockwardine and Bratton, 96 … Dir. Salop. (1851), 447; S.R.O. 14/1/4. B.L. Maps, O.S.D. 208. S.R.O. 3882/4/2; P.R.O., RG 11/2955, f. 5 (no. 242); …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … widow of the late C. R. Wren, Esq., fourth in descent from Sir Christopher Wren, who purchased the estate from the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir George Saville, one of the lords of Wrockwardine manor, … small in scale: Richard Vickers of Wrockwardine Wood (d. 1705) made part of his living carrying coal on two pack …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of Wrockwardine manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral rights in the township were gradually separated from the other manorial rights. Sir George Saville began the process in 1660 by conveying his … Above, Wrockwardine, Man. and Other Est.; Staffs. R.O., D. 593/B/2/5/18, deeds of 1839 (copies); S.R.O. 1634 …