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A History of the County of Hertford
… Wheathampstead with Harpenden Churches and charities CHURCHES The church of ST. HELEN, 196 … consists of a chancel of three bays, with a north vestry and a staircase to the rood-loft on the north-west, a central … former building, much of the interior of which was of the Norman period, consisted of a chancel, transepts, nave with …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… York. 1 The main street runs along the top of the ridge, and the element 'ric' in the place-name may refer to the … clay of the moraine is topped by a narrow strip of sand and gravel, in places exceeding 50 ft. above sea-level. 5 … comprised 6 carucates and 6 bovates, and was held by Norman. After the Conquest it passed to William Malet, but by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 6970 acres, of which 2463 are arable, 7 woodland, and about 4500 common and waste; the soil is various, the surface mountainous. The … and chancel: in the interior are eight plain square-edged Norman arches, and a bold chancel arch of the same style. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat: the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand and gravel; grain of every kind is grown, and the meadows and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds … present rector. The church is an ancient structure in the Norman style. 6. 7. left by the Ayshcombe family (to one of …
Old and New London
… Sanquhar Murders the Fencing-MasterHis TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of … CourtPersecution of the First CongregationalistsGranaries and Coal Stores destroyed by the Great FireThe Flogging in … in the same place, and a palace both of the Saxon and Norman kings. Henry I. partly rebuilt the palace; and in 1847 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a hamlet, in the parish of St. Giles, Reading, union and hundred of Reading, county of Berks, 2 miles (S.) from … 2081 a. 3 r. 25 p.; the village is pleasantly situated, and is lighted with gas. Whitley WHITLEY, a township, in the … on a site given by the Earl of Dartmouth; it is in the Norman style, and contains about 400 sittings, the whole …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 11; and the impropriate for 106. 17. payable to Christ's … discharged rectory, united to the vicarage of Aukborough, and valued in the king's books at 6. 10. Whitton WHITTON, a … 642, and the glebe comprises 143 acres. The church has a Norman tower. At Steetly, said to have been at one period a …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… season, with the heavy taxes arising from the late Crimean and Persian, and the present Indian and Chinese wars and to crown all, the … in wood are most magnificent. There is some glorious old Norman stuff in the building and the greater part seems to me …
A History of the County of Northampton
… which here forms the boundary between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. 38 The parish is separated by the river from Thornton and Beachampton (Bucks.) on the south, and is bounded on the … parish names, 45 suggests that at some date before the Norman Conquest the whole area had formed a single estate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The chapel, dedicated to St. Swithin, has a tower and chancel in the Norman style; an aisle was added in 1824, at the cost of the … of Welford. Wickham WICKHAM, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Spalding, wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, …