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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, an inland county, bounded on the south and south-west by Berkshire, on the west by the county of Oxford, on the north-west and north by that of Northampton, on the north-east by that of Bedford, on the east by those of Bedford and Hertford, and on the south-east by Middlesex. It extends …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 303 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Witham, and comprises 2471 acres, of which 108 are common or waste: … is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 9. 11. 10., and in the patronage of Lord Monson: the tithes have been commuted for 330, and the glebe consists of 40 acres. There are places of …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… commending to the Court of Aldermen the cause of Naylor and Smith, who had been prevented from proceeding with … buildings which had been erected for harbouring of poor and roguish persons, whereby the City had been greatly burdened with provision, and the commonweal annoyed by such persons. The matter had …
Survey of London
… Buildings of the Domestic Revival and later CHAPTER XXIII - Buildings of the Domestic Revival and Later In 1899 Halsey Ricardo published an article in The … between something striking by the hand of an architect, and something humdrum by the unaided hand of the builder. The …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… defences were very remarkable. Encircled by a broad and rapid river, which left a narrow isthmus only to defend, … in succession, the stronghold of the Roman, the Saxon, and the Norman. Coins, and other relics of their arts, attest the tenure of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bungay - Burgham Bungay BUNGAY, a market-town, in the union and hundred of Wangford, E. division of Suffolk, 40 miles (N. … E.) from Ipswich, 40 (N. E. by E.) from Bury St. Edmund's, and 109 (N. E. by N.) from London, on the road to Yarmouth; … Conquest, a castle was built, which, from its situation and the strength of its fortifications, was deemed …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… BURBAGE Burbage parish 23 lies south of Savernake forest and at the east end of the Vale of Pewsey. It contains Burbage village, 9 km. SSE. of Marlborough, and Durley village, hamlets called Ram Alley and Stibb Green, and several other pockets of settlement. …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Burgh Burgh Burgh, commonly called Burgh Castle, and widely known as the reputed site of Garianonum, occupies … eddying tides, covering the present wide tract of marshes, and wrestling with the strength of the ocean. Struck with the … by time." Stern monuments they are of ancient art and massive masonry. Oldfull a thousand years ago; yet still …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Saints) BURGHCLERE ( All Saints), a parish, in the union, and partly in the hundred, of Kingsclere, but chiefly in the hundred of Evingar, Kingsclere and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 9 miles (S.) … aided by grants from the Incorporated and Diocesan Societies. It is in the early English style, with a handsome …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… OF MACON. [ Original Charters in Collection de Bourgoyne, and Cartularies MSS. Lat. 5459, 5458; both in Bibliothque … of Henry I. notifying that from love of divine worship and for the benefit of his soul, and those of his wife queen Maud, his father and mother, and …