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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sandy. The village, which is of considerable extent, is near the Roman fosse road, and several relics of Roman … acres. The soil varies from clay to sand and gravel, and near the river is very fertile; the surface is undulated, … with extensive gardens and pleasure-grounds: Shaw Hall, near the small hamlet of Shawtown, is a venerable edifice of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… this period we see the revenues of Flixton absorbed for near three hundred years by a monkish community; which, in … of the rectory of Fundenhall. 15 After a struggle for near three hundred years with poverty and adverse … days regulated the length of his discourse, remains near the handsome pulpit, which is elaborately carved with …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 7. Forrest, Edmund (Foreste) canon and prior of Langtony (near Gloucester), B.D. 10 May, 1509, D.D. 23 Jan., 1513-14. [ … 1680, curate of Great Torrington 1683, vicar of Whitchurch near Tavistock 1688 (or 1697); father of the next, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and extending as far as the stream. At their S. ends, near the hollow-way, are a number of low platforms and scarps …
A Dictionary of London
… (ib. 8). Fook's Court See Fowke's Buildings. Forcier, near Broken Wharf Erected by Bevis Bulmer in 1594 within the … St. Paul's, Fleet Street, etc. (S. 18, 364). Forcier, near London Bridge Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in … the highest ground of the City (ib. 189). Ford's Rents Near Goose Alley, on the West side of Seacoal Lane, in …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… grocer, of their waste water coming from a cistern near the common fountain and Chapel of St. Nicholas, to be by … took the first table on the left side of the said hall near the King's cupboard ( cipharium), and the other citizens … had to defend the portion above the battlement, the part near the "Portcoles" being too perilous in war time to commit …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Prentiz, the Chamberlain, and received a lease of the moor near Bisshopesgate for a term of one year, at a quarterly …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Be it remembered that in the house called "la Bretask," 1 near the Tower of London, there are 7 springalds and 380 … among the expenses as "a certain house called Bretask near the Tower." Cf. supra, p. 1. Vintry. …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… wells and their waters which lie in my fief of Tyburne near the public highway leading towards the said City; to … 12 d., to be paid annually at Easter for a certain place near London Wall in the Ward of J[ohn] de Blakethorn within … on the right bank of the Tarn, Garonne. Valmaseda (?), near Bilbao. Bazeyne or basil, leather made of sheepskin. …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… City with swords and bucklers, and for setting up games near the City, contrary to the King's peace and the ordinance … 17 Roger de Chelmerford, taverner, Nicholas le Barbur near Walebrock, John de Lincoln, cordwainer, Thomas de … City with swords and bucklers, and for instituting games near the City and keeping houses of ill fame, contrary to the …