Search
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bright. BRIGHT-WALTHAM.See Waltham, Bright. Brightwell (St. Agatha) BRIGHTWELL ( St. Agatha), a parish, in the union … now stands. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 44. 17. 11., and in the patronage of the Bishop of … of Montague, whose ancient manor-house is still remaining. James I. granted a weekly market to be held on Thursday, and …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… ('street ford') referred probably to present-day Ashley's wood 7 and Cadwell ford, 8 while detached meadow belonging … heir Richard was a minor in the guardianship of Simon of St Liz, 16 steward of the bishop of Chichester. 17 The bishop … estate in 1369. 26 Nicholas sold the manor in 1373 to John James of Wallingford, 27 MP for the borough, who the same …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Hundred In 1086 Brightwells Barrow hundred comprised Coln St. Aldwyns, Williamstrip (then called Hatherop but later a part of Coln St. Aldwyns), Eastleach Martin, Eastleach Turville, Fairford, … estate held view of frankpledge. 14 Gloucester Abbey's tenants in Ablington apparently attended a biannual view …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… ft. and 140 ft. above OD lying across the valley of Harper's Brook, here draining S.E. towards the R. Nene. Apart from small areas of … the large medieval deer parks (11) which cover most of the S.W. part of the parish where little ploughing took place …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Brill 13. BRILL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxvi. S.E. (b)xxvii. S.W. (c)xxxi. N.E. (d)xxxii. … plastered. Fittings Bells: five, modern, and sanctus, by James Keene, 1624, inscribed round the lip PE NEWMAN IER … on soffit of the chancel arch, on N. side, figure of St. Peter with tonsured head, red robe, holding key and book, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Brilley 9 BRILLEY (A.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXIII, S.E., (b)XXIV, N.W., (c)XXIV, S.W.) … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are … chamfered base, 12th-century. Floor-slabs: In nave(1) to James Pary and John G..de, 17th-century; (2) to Guilbert …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Brimfield 10 BRIMFIELD (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)VII, N.E., (b)VII., S.E., (c)VIII, N.W., (d)VIII, S.W.) Brimfield is a parish on … principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Michael (Plate 6) stands on the N. side of the parish. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… the Inferior Oolite, overlaid in places by bands of fuller's earth, but parts, including Brimpsfield village in the … had acquired by 1227, 160 lay in Brimpsfield parish. 161 St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Gloucester, was granted 2 … 228 a workshop with a new saw-mill was leased in 1895 to James Gastrell of Cranham, a timber-merchant. From 1900 the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… is the site of a ringshaped Saxon settlement, Bryni's Hurst, founded probably in the early 6th century on top of … acquired in 1920 by T. B. Mould who in 1932 sold them to St. John's College, Cambridge, the present owners. 72 The … and in baptisms from 1656 to 1660. 60 The church of ST. JAMES stands on the green in Drayton. It is a single room …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brinkley - Broadgreen Brinkley (St. Mary) BRINKLEY ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of … hundred of Radfield, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Newmarket; containing 366 inhabitants. The … passed to the Astley family, of whom it was purchased by James Harrison, Esq. The township comprises 750 acres, of a …