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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Cheddington 120. CHEDDINGTON. (O.S. 6 in. xxix. N.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. … date are some carved stones which have been re-set in the S. porch and elsewhere. The chancel arch was widened c. 1340 … good. Unclassified (13). Lynchets, on Southend Hill and Westend Hill; those on Southend Hill are the best …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 5. 6. 8., and in the gift of Sir W. B. Proctor, … the district. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 8. 8. 4., and in the gift of William Trevelyan … the bricks of which bore the inscription " a'rviri." On a hill a little above is a large tumulus, in which, on the …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… in the gardens of Church Row Cottages, about 50 yds. S.E. of the church. 1 From the crest of a hill N.W. of the village come an inscribed potsherd, a … noted during excavation on and near a round barrow mile S.W. of the villa, at SP 04081285. 3 A terraced track in …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… parish by successive strata of the Inferior Oolite, fuller's earth, and the Great Oolite; along the valley sides the fuller's earth forces out numerous springs which have contributed to … valley below the church and originally continued over the hill to provide access to outlying settlements in the Coln …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chelborough, East 27 CHELBOROUGH, EAST (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXI, N.W. (b)XXI, S.W.) East Chelborough is a parish 6 m. N.E. of Beaminster. The earthwork on Castle Hill is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish …
Old and New London
… NameCharles II. and Colonel BloodChelsea FieldsThe "Dwarf's Tavern"Chapels of French Huguenot RefugeesGardens and … Old Manor House and its Eminent ResidentsLord Cremorne's Farm at ChelseaLady CremorneLindsey HouseThe MoraviansThe … for high treason, found guilty, and executed on Tower Hill. More retained his mild and characteristic jocularity to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… historical monuments in West London Chelsea 2. CHELSEA. (O.S. 6 in. London Sheets ( a)N. and ( b)O.) The borough of … Church of All Saints. The early Renaissance details of the S. chapel are interesting, and among the fittings several of … standards. In tower on N. wall, (21) to Thomas Hill, 1713, and Hester, his wife, 1699, marble tablet (Plate …
Survey of London
… st y e 1 st 1709 buried Sept br y e 18 th 1710 82. HESTER HILL, 1699: THOMAS HILL, 1713. A marble inscription tablet with panelled … Immortal Life it shall put on By Pow'r deriv'd from GOD'S Eternal SON Then Death no more shall seperate the Pair But …
The Environs of London
… its hills of chalk; but as there is neither chalk nor a hill in the parish, the derivation does not prove … sand and gravel. Chelfea is assessed the sum of 1079 l. 19 s. 8 d. to the land-tax, which, in the year 1792, was is. in … flagons of convent ale, and once a year a robe of esquire's silk 15. Several of the courtrolls of the manor during the …
The Environs of London
… Register. "Mr. Thomas Mansell, Esquier, sone and heire to S r Edward Mansell, and Mrs. Mary Mordant, daughter to the … and was created a baron by James I. in 1606; his wife's father was one of the Queen's gentlemen pensioners. Sir … Bodleian Library. Tanner's MSS. in the Bodleian Library. Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, p. 170. "The Scots …