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Magna Britannia
… Adam-Fitz-Swein. In the reign of Henry III. it was in the Wigton family, whose heiress having been twice married, but … had been originally granted by King Edward I. to John de Wigton. Sir Robert Parving was succeeded in this manor by his …
Magna Britannia
… THURSBY, in Cumberland ward, on the road from Carlisle to Wigton, lies six miles from the former, and five from the … about ten miles from Cockermouth, and about seven from Wigton, which is the post-office town. The parish is divided … mile from the small market town of Ireby, nine miles from Wigton, ten from Cockermouth, eleven from Keswick, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township, in the parish of Thursby, union of Wigton, ward and E. division of Cumberland, 2 miles (N. E.) from Wigton; containing 104 inhabitants. The vicarial tithes have …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Penninghame PENNINGHAME, a parish, in the county of Wigton, 8 miles (N. W.) from Wigton; containing, with the market-town of Newton-Stewart, … and, pursuing its course southwards, falls into the bay of Wigton; and the Bladenoch, which, issuing from Loch Mabery, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a village, in the parish of Kirkmaiden, county of Wigton, 15 miles (S. by E.) from Stranraer; containing 223 … a burgh of barony, sea-port, and parish, in the county of Wigton, 6 miles (S. W.) from Stranraer, and 34 (W.) from Wigton; containing 2043 inhabitants, of whom 996 are in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a village, in the parish of Mochrum, county of Wigton, 8 miles (S. W.) from Wigton; containing 634 inhabitants. This is a neat and …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… to the end of Elizabeth's reign, was at Stoneraise, near Wigton; early in the seventeenth century they settled in the … was appointed a magistrate on July 3, 1894, and sat on the Wigton bench; also at Silloth, where he took the chair. … During the later part of his life he was chairman of the Wigton Board of Guardians, on which he had represented Holme …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… Acclamations. The Van of the Scots Forces lie now about Wigton, Five Miles West of Carlisle; when they have consulted …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… worth 7 l. a year. Also that 210 acres, held by Gilbert Wigton, in New Forest, worth 3 l. 12 s. a year, and 41 acres …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… 1835 and 111 London Wall in 1839. [D] Rigg, R., High St, Wigton, Cumb., joiner and/or cm (1811). [D] Rigg, Thomas, …