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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire … green; the walls are of stone rubble, partly irregular and partly squared; the dressings are of stone. The roof of the nave is covered with slate, and that of the aisle with lead; the other roofs are tiled. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour estuary and 5 m. W. of Harwich. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of … the middle of the parish. The walls are of septariarubble and brick with dressings of limestone; the roofs are tiled. … 15th-century. Miscellanea: In churchyard and rectory garden, fragments of window jambs, etc. ConditionGood, much …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall Manor are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of local stone and flint rubble with freestone dressings; the roofs are covered with stone slates and slates. The church, con sisting of Chancel and Nave was …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING PAPER and other writing requisites such as PENs. Such boxes barely … the one exception is an entry for 'iiij wrytinge Boxes and xviij bawles w'th the net xijd [Inventories (1583)], and …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… 1639) Period of medical practice 1627-1647 Address Covent Garden 1637 Other notes Accused 1637. Known London address Covent Garden Date 1637 Censorial hearings 30 Sep 1637 Entry Richard Robinson complained that W, surgeon of Covent Garden, had no success in treating him. W to be summoned. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical c(1). … The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with some flint and ironstone; the chancel contains some Roman bricks, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly … plans for an annual festival with prizes for the best garden, neatest cottage, and other examples of industrious, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of Cheshire, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged to 914 a. by the transfer of Hortonwood and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may have increased following disafforestation in 1301. …