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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as 'Welle' or 'Welles', and today they are absolutely continuous, so … (via Emneth) a built-up area almost continuous for the 7 or 8 miles of its course. Except for the two churches, Beaupr … and Upwell has been illustrated at least twice in books on the English countryside. 5 William Watson's description, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary … 'staith', meaning such parts of the banks of a watercourse or sea beach as were used for a regular landing-place for men or goods. Staithes were quite common in East Anglia, e.g. the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… which the manor ultimately took its name, must have been on the site of Barton Farm on the opposite side of the river. The earliest dated … of 20 marks yearly and robes for himself and his deputy, or 40 s. in lieu, 40,000 turves, 12 cartloads of hay, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Church CHURCH A vicarage was instituted in or before 1252, when Bishop Northwold presented William de … at £18 13 s. 4 d. 67 In the early 18th century it was on beneficial lease to Arthur Jermy at £17 a year, at fines … & C. Mun., Ely, Carta 712. This suit had been started in or before 1341, as Prior Crauden, who died in that year, was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 60 but as late as 1781 the town relied at least in part on amateur assistance in extinguishing fires, 10 guineas …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was added to it between 1882 and 1891. A further 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill … cover remained in 1978 in the wide strips of wood, or 'rews', which divided the fields. The home park on the … of Buncton, contains at least two buildings of the 17th or 18th centuries, besides some 19th-century cottages and a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, … silver cup and stand-paten with assay marks of 1610 (or 1630), cup with donor's inscription of Elizabeth Scobell, … corner of the building indicates a former turret, circular or polygonal on plan and probably containing the stairs to …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Henry de Midhop, was living in 1290. The Chartulary or Coucher Book of Furness Abbey records his arms as: Ermine, a lion rampant azure, crowned or. It may be suggested that, the arms of Pickering being the … was resident at Witherslack Hall and paid tax that year on seven hearths. In 1684 a dispute between the Earl of Derby …
A History of the County of Oxford
… school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a … while a growing number of private and endowed elementary or Nonconformist schools, among them a Quaker school … nondenominational National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, prompting a sharp fall in the number of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a large pre-Conquest estate. … town stands at an early crossing of the river Windrush, on a limestone cornbrash island formerly lying between two … suggests that a late Anglo-Saxon estate-centre existed on or near the same site. 7 The precise location and topography …