Search
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Northwich; containing 321 inhabitants. It is situated on the banks of the Weever, over which is a stone bridge; and … the Warburtons, was purchased, with the estate, in 1806, on the death of Richard, Lord Penrhyn (who had obtained it in … chapelry, in the parish, union, and hundred of Bradford, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … 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 …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 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. [ … M.A. from St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1736; vicar of Westbury 1730, and of Norton Bavant, Wilts, 1736, until his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, … of Atworth, parish, union, and hundred of Bradford, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yockleton YOCKLETON, a township, in the parish of Westbury, union of Atcham, hundred of Ford, S. division of … numerous army, attended by his whole court. The besiegers, on his approach, retired towards the north, and intrenched … his funeral obsequies were performed with great solemnity on the west side of the city, near Acomb: in the immediate …
A History of the County of Somerset
… late Mr. W. Baker, who has contributed an excellent paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural … the present account has been compiled. Day's great work on the British fishes contains but rare allusions to … (3) . . . in use; Meare, Compton Dundon, Aller, Godney, Westbury, Stoke, Nyland, Cheddar Water and Kenn Moor, not in …