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A History of the County of Sussex
… Steyne Hotel. 31 By 1859 the number had increased to four or five. 32 In 1802 Thomas Trotter, a travelling … The town band played there during the summer season, and small pleasure boats used it as a landingplace. 72 By 1866 it … from playing at Broadwater. 4 During the early 1860s a small race meeting was held in the town. 5 An archery club …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two … to the inhabitants of the town and vicinity; on a small stream which flows to the west, are several water-mills … for 324, and the glebe comprises 55 acres. The church is a small ancient edifice; it had originally a stone tower, which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… de Grenevyle, 1386; on W. wall, on modern brackets (2) small kneeling figures, stone, man in plate armour, puffed … brick filling; the roofs are tiled. At the S. end is a small modern addition and an original chimney stack with two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… much restored; in the modern cornice are set a number of small grotesque carvings, which were found buried in the … E. of the arcade a short length of wall is pierced by a small two-centred arch not carried to the ground; it is … which have moulded capitals and bases; they are modern or entirely restored, but the design is of the 14th century. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour estuary and 5 m. W. … the nave is of late 15th-century date and of simple hammer-beam type with moulded main timbers; the spandrels of the … panelled sides, each carved with an evangelistic symbol or a seated saint, all defaced; underside of bowl with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall … 17th century probably by William Lawrence, together with a small detached block to the S.W. The house has been much … are a number of original stone fireplaces with moulded or chamfered jambs and heads. One bedroom is lined with early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… has been rebuilt, at the expense (with the exception of a small donation from the Dean and Chapter) of Miss Losh, who … the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … The great tithes have been commuted for 550, and the small for 143: the vicar has a glebe of 26 acres. The church …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… rathe] A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it … box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING PAPER and other writing … were obviously simple items worth very little like the 'small writing Desk' valued at only 1s 6d [Inventories …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… a four-centred head with a moulded label, all of late 15th or early 16th-century date, set in 14th-century splays.and … joists with a square hatchway to the upper storey. A main beam has mortices for former curved braces. The 15th-century … other bays they have strap and boss-ornament: The E. tie-beam is dated 1740, the W. tie-beam is dated 1802; the fifth …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … farmhouses and cottages grouped around the church and small green. After c. 1920 the village extended south and … grew in the mid 18th century from a rural village into a small spa. 11 Similar geological formations to those at …