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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… previously to the time of Henry VIII., who constructed a royal dockyard here, which was enlarged by Queen Elizabeth, … head-quarters were fixed here, the institution of the Royal Military Academy, and various other foundations, has … numbers of which are kept in readiness for supplying the royal navy. There are two Dry-docks, one of which is double, …
The Environs of London
… The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal estate, which is … of Adderbury, Oxford, 1760; Lieut. Thomas Sanders of the Royal Artillery, 1766; Simeon Hill, Esq. 1769; Joseph Harris, … John Holmes, Gent. 1780; Lieut. William Coleman of the Royal Artillery, 1780; Lieut. Gen. George Williamson 40, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who, at the battle of Edge-Hill, bravely redeemed the royal standard, as is recorded on his monument in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of the foundation endowment of Lavendon Abbey (Bucks) in a royal confirmation of 1227 ( Mon Angl 6, 888) it appears that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of Wychwood. The landscape varies from the flat … may be identified with the three hundreds dependent on the royal manor of Wootton in 1086 and sometimes called the three … from the demesne in 954 and in 1086 was a relatively small royal manor, 14 its proximity to the important royal hunting …
A History of the County of Oxford
… those at Witney and Oxford. Many parishes lay within the royal forest of Wychwood and some, notably North Leigh, had … In the Middle Ages much of the area belonged to a royal estate, Woodstock manor, centred on the king's palace …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… timber-framed house of the 17th century, and the Royal Oak is an extended and altered house of 17th-century origin. The Royal Oak was open as a public house from 1848 22 or earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… obtained from Ethelred a grant of one moiety of the royal dues, with which he repaired the ancient seat of the … to their city, and repaired it. Soon after the Conquest, a royal castle was erected here, of which Urso d'Abitot, who … Ranulph, Earl of Chester, however, with a body of the royal forces, took the fortress by surprise, and afterwards …