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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 … Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the middle of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone … Canons Regular of St. Augustine by a member of the Talbot family, probably in the reign of King John. The site, to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … annum. Rockley Hall, now a farmhouse, was the seat of the family of Rockley, of whom Sir Simon Rockley founded the … the earliest crusaders, Elias or Elizeus, founder of the family of Worsley, is said to have held the manor of …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has been said 1 that the … 46. Drake, Ebor. 522. E. Gray, Papers and Diaries York Family 17641839, 13. Drake, Ebor. 523. Browne, Met. Ch. St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. … 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill … with initials E D and C D for other members of the Dolling family; the inner entrance doorway under the porch has a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… than from the several dates when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 … c. 25 ft. above sealevel, whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was … That may have been the site of Worthing harbour, recorded in 1300 53 and 1493, 54 which was a member of Shoreham port …
A History of the County of Sussex
… comprised two estates which belonged to William de Braose in 1086; one, called Ordinges, had belonged to Earl Godwin … and the other, called Mordinges, had been held of the king in 1066 by Lewin. 48 The manor afterwards formed part of the … manor, may have derived from lands held by the Raymond family which occurs in Worthing from the 15th century. 67 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … at the west end, contains numerous monuments to the Evelyn family. There is an ancient chapel at Oakwood. Some bequests … of the chancel is a full-length statue of one of the Muxon family, who are said to have been owners of a great part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … Elizabethan style, for many ages the seat of the Brewster family, was taken down by the late Sir Thomas Gooch. William … this once princely mansion continued to be a seat of the family till the reign of Charles I., when it was dismantled …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … Ecclesiastical c(1). Parish Church of All Saints stands in the village. The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with … chancel and navebelow screen, (7) probably of the Bedell family, c. 1500, inscription lost, man in armour and woman in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … Shiffnall, and is the seat and property of the Wrottesley family, whose ancestors have possessed it since the 1st of … Sir Christopher Wren, who purchased the estate from the family of Burgoyne, about the year 1713. It received …