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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to Cranborne Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the R. Crane which flow through broad, … latter suspended from the timber roof by iron hooks. (7) ' Temple' (03011129), with brick walls and a slate-covered …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the … held a small estate ( c. 12 a.) as part of its manor of Temple Combe. It appears to have been given to the Templars …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … his government, the monastery was converted into a Pagan temple, and appropriated to the service of the Saxon deities. … near Chertsey. On the margin of the lake, an elegant temple and a fishing gallery, of very light and beautiful …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city is the College of St. Mary, founded by William of Wykeham in 1387 on a site …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The hospital of St Cross HOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS The hospital of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by … representing the Nativity, the Presentation in the Temple, Christ Crowned with Thorns and the Entombment. The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in … Queen Catherine being drawn by swans in a chariot to the Temple of Virtue. The two rooms just described, with what is …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Lying on what was formerly the Derbyshire side of the river Trent, Winshill was transformed in the mid 19th … and private housing development in the south-eastern part of the township. Winshill was a township in Burton ancient … House in Ashby Road was converted into a masonic hall, a temple being added to the house at its south-east corner. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… rectangular parish covering over 3,500 acres on both sides of the South Winterborne river 2 miles S.W. of Dorchester. It lies entirely upon Chalk, which is overlaid … (142) Maiden Castle, causewayed camp, hill-fort and Roman temple, p. 493 (1434) Enclosures, p. 507 (145) Linear Dyke, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winterbourne WINTERBOURNE, a chapelry, in the parish of Chieveley, union of Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 3 miles … a mile to the west, in the vicinity of an ancient British temple, consisting of nine rude stones of unequal height, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased … Jeffrey's surviving son, was a member of the Inner Temple and resided chiefly there or at Harrow. He died …