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A History of the County of York East Riding
… Wheldrake WHELDRAKE The village of Wheldrake, an Anglian settlement, lies on the Escrick moraine near the east bank of the river Derwent, … 'Thorp', recorded there in 1086, testifies to one in early times. 7 Langwith was a forest hay or clearing in the 13th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Whicham (St. Mary) WHICHAM ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bootle, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. … are arable, 7 woodland, and about 4500 common and waste; the soil is various, the surface mountainous. The substratum contains ironore, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Giles) WHITACRE, NETHER ( St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Meriden, Coleshill division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of … is said to have kept a small fleet to assist his escape in times of emergency. The town is situated on the shore of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (E.e.). (O.S. 6 in. LIV) Whitchurch is a parish on the right bank of the Wye, 5 m. S.W. of Ross. The church and Old Court are the … block, and to this additions have been made in modern times. Some of the original mullioned windows remain, but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… xxiii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, stands E. of the village. The walls are partly of limestone rubble and partly ashlar …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Canonicorum is a large parish 5 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Coney's Castle Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical d(1) Parish Church Of … St. Wite) And Holy Cross (Plates 83, 207, 209) stands in the village. The walls are of local rubble with ashlar and …
Survey of London
… Early History. Whitcomb Street and Wardour Street follow the line of an ancient thoroughfare or path known as Hedge Lane or Colman Hedge Lane, in existence in the reign of Henry VIII, and probably much earlier. It is shown both on the "Agas" map and on the plan of 1585 (p. 2). By 1682 the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of St. Andrew (early dedication unknown) stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of roughly coursed flint-rubble … early in the 14th century a W. tower was added; in modern times the whole church has been drastically restored, the …
A History of the County of Essex
… evidence indicates that there was a church in the late 11th century. 14Aubrey de Vere (d. 1141) gave it to Colne priory, 15and the priory presumably appropriated the rectory, which was … Adams was accused of failing to say services at the proper times. 41In 1607 there was no service on Ascension Day or a …
A History of the County of Essex
… Aubrey de Vere, earl of Oxford, gave to Colne priory half the vill of Colne Miblanc. 96The priory held the estate until the Dissolution, at first exploiting it directly as an …