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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND. Abbas-Combe, or Temple-Combe (St. Mary) ABBAS-COMBE, or Temple-Combe ( St. Mary), a parish, … hundred of Horethorne, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Wincanton, on the road to Blandford; … years since the remains of what is believed to have been a Roman villa. Some, however, have imagined them to be the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… portions shown in solid black.) 1. ABBERTON. (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. xxxvi. N.E.) Abberton is a small parish 4 m. S. of Colchester. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Andrew stands near the N. end of the parish. The walls …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN CENTRAL AND S.W. ESSEX. ACCREDITED TO A DATE ANTERIOR TO 1714, arranged … small village about 5 miles N.N.E. of Chipping Ongar. The Church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Edmund stands in the village. The walls are of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Abbess Roding Church CHURCH During the Middle Ages the advowson of the … above, Berwick Berners manor) were granted to the abbey of St. John, Colchester. In about 1254 it was stated that the … at 10 marks in about 1254, 1291, and 1428 and a £14 10 s. in 1535. 56 Tithes were commuted n: 843 for £455; there …
A History of the County of Essex
… Beauchamp Roding to the south ran from the river near Pig's Bridge west and south-west to the Little Laver boundary … Ongar. It is a nucleated village, containing the ancient church and manor house, the village hall, the former parish … departure about 1700 Rookwood ceased to be a gentleman's residence and it gradually deteriorated until today it is …
A History of the County of Essex
… 'and he who held this land was only the man of Geoffrey's predecessor, and had no power to put this land in … of 1544 and was granted by the king in 1553 to Oliver St. John and Robert Thorneton. 44 William Glascock died in … meeting place of the Presbyterians who later built the church that formerly stood beside Anchor House. V.C.H. Essex, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Roding Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY The Congregational church at Abbess Roding, once an important nonconformist … Hall (see above). This is probably correct. Pomfret's friends at the hall were probably the Capels, who were … gave two freehold cottages to be used as the minister's house. 69 This intention, however, never seems to have been …
A History of the County of Essex
… was then 50. 1 In 1858 Capel Cure, the patron of the church, provided a new school building with accommodation for … of red brick with a tiled roof. The former teacher's house, a two-story building, is attached. E.R.O., D/AEM … Ch. Schs.1846-7, pp. 16-17. Min. of Educ. File 13/2. Kelly's Dir. Essex (1899), 310. Retn. of Schs. 1893 [C. 7529], p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… sequestered narrow vale. The abbey, which was dedicated to St. Mary, was founded in 1148, by Cadwallon ab Madoc, and was … to the grange of the monastery, in revenge for the friar's treachery, and was proceeding to burn the abbey itself, … curious British antiquities in the vicinity of Aber; the Roman road from Segontium to Conovium passed here, and it has …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… portions shown in solid black.) 1 ABBEY DORE (B.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXVIII, S.E., (b)XXXVIII, S.W., (c)XLIV, N.E., … The principal monuments are the Abbey and Grange Farm. Roman c(1). In the station yard in 1908 the surface of the … Camb., ix, 1909). Ecclesiastical c(2). Parish Church of St. Mary, formerly Dore Abbey (Plate 73), stands near the …