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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall Manor are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church Of St. Mary stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls … DescriptionThe Chancel (17 ft. by 11 ft.) has a modern E. window. The N. and S. walls have each a 13th-century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the … quoins at the S.E. angle. In the E. wall is a modern window. In the N. wall is an arcade of two bays, probably … (10 ft. wide) is of the 14th century, and has in the first bay in the S. wall an early 16th-century archway with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … road from Wolverhampton to Shiffnall, and is the seat and property of the Wrottesley family, whose ancestors have … works, and the chapel is embellished with a handsome window of ancient stained glass. The pleasure-grounds …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of its isolation it seems to have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and … generally in two mid 12th-century confirmations of abbey property, 65 were not mentioned thereafter. The church, … reroofing of the nave; the reflooring of the chancel; the removal of the north gallery; and the replacement of the pews …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the … the underpinning of the jetties with brick, and the removal of the original ground-floor outer walls. A lantern … Mrs. Edward Cludde, preferring not to own ecclesiastical property, sold the family's tithe rent charge to Queen Anne's …
Survey of London
… IRON GATE, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. This gate, which is of good 18th-century wrought-iron work, was placed here by Lady Gilbert Kennedy, the last tenant of St. Margaret's Lodge, which stood at the south end of the Square. The house was pulled down when the site was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… S.E. (b)ix. S.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Giles, stands about 1 miles N.E. of Buntingford. It is … on engaged shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The E. window and all other details are modern. The North Chapel (18 … columns with Ionic capitals carrying a pediment. A shallow bay on the S.W. face was added late in the 18th century, but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; … and is very ancient, about 700 years old; the eastern window is of stained glass, with the arms of the Craven … the Blacketts, in the reign of Charles II. It is now the property of Christopher Blackett, Esq., of Wylam House. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.W. (c)XXXIX, N.E.) Wynford Eagle is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Bridport. The Manor Farm is the principal monument. Roman c(1) Tesselated Pavement, immediately S.W. of Manor Farm, must have been discovered before 1864, when … head; the upper storeys of the porch have each a two-light window and on the gable is a carved eagle and a stone with …