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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) KETTERINGHAM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Henstead, hundred of Humbleyard, E. division of … (E. by N.) from Wymondham; containing 246 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 1915 acres, of which 988 are … pasture and heath, and 330 woodland. Ketteringham Park is the beautiful seat of Sir John Peter Boileau, lord of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… London London LONDON, the metropolis of the United Kingdom, the seat of government, and the principal port of the empire, …
The Port and Trade of Early Elizabethan London: Documents
… playing cards, 1 hd lbs round cord, 80 grs points at 8 d the gross £48 16 s 8 d. John Harding: 600 ells canvas £15. … 7 cwt frying pans, 6 doz. white halbert heads at 10 s the dozen, 4 doz. wooden beams £14 13 s 4 d. Robert Broke: 24 … John Evangelist of Rochester (40) John Mardall; 'out of the John Thomas that came from Emden'. [f. 173 b] Francis …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Medbourne MEDBOURNE The ancient parish of Medbourne, which is 3,034 a. in area, includes the township of Nevill Holt, and this is described in a separate section below. 1 The following account concerns the civil parish of Medbourne …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Introduction Introduction TOPOGRAPHY MIDDLEZOY The parish, formed in 1515, derives its name from its position on Sowy, the island in King's Sedgemoor between the rivers Cary and Parrett. 1Its main settlement is the …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… by appointment is called in. My Lord Treasurer tells him the Queen has ordered a further advance of four months' subsidy to the Duke of Savoy and that half of it should be sent away to-night and the other moiety in a very short time. Sir Theodore says he …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… June 1713 June 3. Present: Lord Treasurer, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The proposals of Sir John Lambert [and] Mr. Milner, and one from Mr. Chetwynd are opened, the first two for remitting 14,000 l. to the Garrison at Port …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Newbridge NEWBRIDGE, an extensive and populous village, in the parishes of Llanwonno, Eglwysilan, and Lantwit-Vairdre, … unions of Cardiff and Merthyr-Tydvil, partly in the hundred of Caerphilly, but principally in that of Miskin, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, on the turnpikeroad from Cardiff to Merthyr-Tydvil, 12 miles (S. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Whittlesey WHITTLESEY Whittlesey is a town in the north-west of the Isle, 6½ miles east of Peterborough and 11 miles west of … therefore larger and slightly higher than that of Thorney. The 'island' is composed of a thin capping of gravel on a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Great Milton GREAT MILTON The ancient parish of Great Milton 1 was large and … of Oxford and 6 miles south-west of Thame. It comprised the township of Chilworth in the north (1,081 a.), Great and Little Milton in the centre …