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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 Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from … progress, however, was interrupted by the destruction of Portsmouth and Southampton, in 1337, by the French; also, in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of Winchester so often allowed to the rising boroughs 1 of … spread under the warrant of royal charter to Wallingford, Portsmouth and possibly elsewhere. One illustration of this …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … of the treasury chest and treasure from Winchester to Portsmouth, Rochester, London or Southampton, &c.; sums for …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … to the castle the same day (17 November) on his way to Portsmouth. The next morning the king left for Salisbury, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … produced wooden minesweepers. Vosper Ltd. came from Portsmouth to occupy a downstream site where it built motor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … models of all the royal dockyards, the fortifications of Portsmouth, the breakwater at Plymouth, &c. On the south-west …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … been already given 55. The ill-fated Royal George, lost at Portsmouth in the month of August 1782, with Admiral …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the … reached Worthing. 80 In 1791 81 and 1812 82 the Brighton-Portsmouth coach passed through Worthing, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, … the parish by Pos bridge, over the narrow channel between Portsmouth and Langston harbours. Great, and part of Little, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the wapentake of Manley, … from Arundel to Bognor, and intersected by the Arundel and Portsmouth canal. It comprises about 1500 acres, of which 100 …