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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 77it is bounded to the south by the road from Cambridge to St. Neots, a turnpike between 1772 78and 1876, 79to the east, … slopes downward from a wide plateau at c. 65 m. beside the St. Neots road to c. 30 m. near the village and barely 15 m. … that they were created by assarting. By 1900 the wood's central section had been cleared, and trees covered only 34 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… suit to counties and hundreds but required that the king's hundred bailiff might attend at the view: 93the bailiff and … man was amerced for suing other tenants outside the lord's court, another for having a brewer presented at the sheriff's tourn. 97In 1493 a villager was heavily fined for suing …
The Environs of London
… in the more distant parts of the parish (towards Shooter's Hill on the north, and towards Chislehurst on the south), … the festival of the Holy Trinity, and the other at that of St. Peter and St. Paul; both of which have been long … Domestic Intelligencer, Mar. 9, 16 79/80. She married Stephen Ram, Esq. of Hackney. He died in his infancy. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Eltham - Ely Eltham (St. John the Baptist) ELTHAM ( St. John the Baptist), a … lathe of Sutton-At-Hone, W. division of Kent, 8 miles (S. E. by S.) from London; containing, with the hamlet of … 2. A castle was built here by Bishop Nigel in the reign of Stephen, of which there are no remains, its probable site …
Old and New London
… him by Hamo, Sheriff of Kent. On the confiscation of Odo's estates, however, some four years later, this manor … Matthew of Paris, ascribed to William Rishanger, a monk of St. Albans, who brought it from the year 1259 down to the … only two of these come under our notice here, namely, St. Stephen's and St. Mark's. The former was built and endowed in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Eltisley 16 ELTISLEY (O.S. 6 ins. aTL 26 S.E., bTL 25 N.E.) Eltisley occupies a … flow S.E. to the Bourn Brook, W. to the upper Ouse at St. Neots, and N. to the lower Ouse at St. Ives. The land, which extends to 1970 acres, is nowhere …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Elton 26. ELTON (A.b.). (O.S. 6 in. (a)IV N.E., (b)IV S.E., (c)V N.W.) Elton is a parish and village on the right bank of the Nene, 7 m. W.S.W. of Peterborough. The Church, Elton Hall and the Rectory …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Elton 23 ELTON (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. VII, N.W.) Elton is a small parish 8 m. N.N.W. of … principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church of St. Mary stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are … opening is modern; further W. is a modern window. In the S. wall are two windows, the eastern is a 13th-century …
A Dictionary of London
… House The inn or hostel of the Bishop of Ely in Holborn (S. 388). Granted by John de Kyrkeby, Bishop of Ely, to the … Mayor's jurisdiction, but disallowed 1570. The Church of St. Etheldreda was formerly the Chapel of Ely House. … is commemorated in Hatton Garden. Exchanged for 37 Dover St. 12 Geo. III. and the buildings taken down and the land …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… half-way along the ridge, where the remains of the bishop's palace stand. Wisbech, 15 miles away, is clearly … turned into a barn and common ways were stopped up. Thomas St. Aubyre had let to Robert Megges the lands on which the … the bishop's messengers. 52 By 1251 the hospital of St. John Baptist, Ely, had succeeded to this property, …