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Alumni Oxonienses
… June, 1588, M.A. 15 June, 1591, perhaps vicar of Stratford-on-Avon, co. Worcester, 1619. brother of Robert 1588. See … Coll. 1542, M.A. 1545, B.D. 18 July, 1552; rector of Welford, Berks, 1552. See Foster's Index Eccl. Winter, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 4 miles (W.) from Brandon-Ferry. The parish is bounded on the south by the Lesser Ouse, which separates it from the … Egbert has been commonly reputed its founder. Immediately on granting peace to the Danes, King Alfred, at the … Downs, being those to the north of the Kennet and Avon canal, and Salisbury Downs or Plain, consisting of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1500 The fortunes of Wilton which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and trading activities, gradually … loss to the people of the neighbourhood, who had depended on the mill for their livelihood. 2 But there is no evidence … of some of the great figures of Malmesbury, Bradford-on-Avon, and other places in the county. John Twyford, one of …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… 133200 Bradenstoke 1361 1232 400100 179300 Bradford Upon Avon 1086 1281 72.5 382400 160900 Bridmore 1303 396000 122000 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… South Winterborne 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, with extensive areas of later gravel deposits especially on the higher S. parts. From the S. boundary on the crest of … nave. A comparable angel survives in situ at Bradford on Avon. Parish Church of St. Michael, Winterbourne Steepleton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Oswi, and Leoflede, daughter of Brithnod the first abbot, on the admission into that monastery of their son Ailwin, … is supposed to have taken up his residence in the castle, on leaving which the king attempting to cross the Wash at an … and a half from the road between London and Leicester by Welford, and about a mile from that through MarketHarborough; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 1120 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the east by a portion of the county of Bedford, and … 427 inhabitants. It is situated near the Severn, on the road between Shrewsbury and Welshpool, from which … and Wolstan. The parish is intersected by the river Avon, and partly bounded on the south by the road from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wellington; containing 2057 inhabitants. It is situated on the Roman Watlingstreet, and comprises 677 acres of arable … net income, 82. The church is a brick edifice, built on the site of a structure which fell into ruins in 1760. The … is flat, the soil chiefly sand and clay. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the parish, and on its banks is …
Alumni Oxonienses
… & Add. MS. 15,671, p. 5 b. Woodward, Joseph s. Ric., of Avon-Dassett, co. Warwick, gent. Oriel Coll., matric. 6 July, … of Middle Temple 1597, as 2s. Richard, of Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. … June, 1629, M.A. 26 June, 1632; perhaps rector of Oldbury-on-Severn, co. Worcester, 1657. See Foster's Index Eccl. [ …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… elaborate account of these relics in 1797. The village is on an eminence forming part of a range of hills which inclose … landscape. The manufacture of woollen-cloths is carried on extensively; in the neighbourhood of the village not less … The parish is bounded on the east by the river Avon, and comprises by computation about 3000 acres, the soil …