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A History of the County of Sussex
… with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was annexed to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep bend of the River … and woodland, and there is another large block of woodland at its southern extremity. From the church, which lies at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks … 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood Page; net … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 2. 8.; net income, 191; patron, the Duke of Rutland. A …
The Environs of London
… banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … 3. The soil, except in the marshes, is principally gravel. At the east end of the town is a chalk-pit, which has a … to Thomas Palmer and Andrew Castell 24. The monastery of Stratford Langthorne had an estate of about 50 acres called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) WOOTTON ( St. Mary), a … WOOTTON-WAWEN ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Stratford, Henley division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. … erected by the Dowager Lady Smythe, in the year 1814. The Stratford canal passes through the parish. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Osric prevailed upon him to establish one of them at Wigornaceastre, the metropolis of his province. In 679, … suddenly, while in the act of ravaging the bishop's lands at Wick, captured or killed 500 men, and put the rest to … to Wolverhampton. Its total length is thirteen miles. The Stratford-upon-Avon canal branches from the Birmingham and …
A History of the County of York
… illustrated in the beginnings of Anglian Christianity at York when Paulinus baptized Edwin there in 627, for it is … 5 Wilfrid II (718-32) had silver vessels made for use at the altar and covered the altar and the crosses with gold … and extended to form the typical English medieval long arm at the east, into which the choir was moved from the nave and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 18. 9., and in the patronage of William J. Evelyn, … of glebe. The church, a handsome structure with a tower at the west end, contains numerous monuments to the Evelyn … county of Buckingham, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Fenny-Stratford; containing 354 inhabitants. This parish, which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 15th. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 20. 18. 9.; net income, 1184; patrons and impropriators, … the county of Northampton, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Stony-Stratford; containing 689 inhabitants. The hamlet comprises 1387 acres: the road from Northampton to Stony-Stratford passes through it, and the Grand Junction canal …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1607, aged 14; demy 1606-11, B.A. 30 Jan., 1610-11; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1619, as son and heir of William, of … fil.; fellow Oriel Coll., M.A. 16 June, 1620, incorporated at Cambridge 1621; will at Oxford proved 23 Dec., 1634. Yale, … Hart Hall 27 June, 1633. [ 25] Young, John s. John, of Stratford, Wilts, gent. Queen's Coll., matric. 9 Nov., 1632, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a mast and serving to support and … might apply to any of the others. While yarn was produced at home, much was also imported: for example, FLAXEN, HEMP … WOOD, used especially in the making of the BOW, hence 'a bowe of Ewe att viijd' [Inventories (1602)], but also for …