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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, … vicinity of this town; in which, according to Burnet's History of his own Times, was shed the first blood in the … within a short distance of the town are several gentlemen's seats. The manufacture of linen and bed-ticking was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Those connected with Winchester in general. 1. St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after the … endowment of the hospital, amounting annually to 1,681 6 s. 7 d. from rents and about 19 from consols, was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester St Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the … solicitor to the Bank of England, when he was a boy in Commoners. They are those of Wardens Morris (Morrys), …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… provides, are that fourteen of the burgesses paid 25 s. to the abbey of Romsey, 9 that the abbey of Wherwell held … inhabitants of the suburb of Winchester used to pay 12 s. 11 d. to the king as of his manor of Basingstoke. 11 The … been imprisoned in the royal prison for the murder of a boy, on condition that the said Jews would be ready to answer …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from Hedon; containing 139 inhabitants. The parish is … fertile clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12, and in the patronage of Mrs. Hildyard, of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 13 Educ. Enq. Abstract, 145. P.R.O., ED 7/112/Burton/19; S.R.O., Staffs. C.C. deeds, C 1493; Returns relating to … hall and side corridor. Kelly, Centenary Souvenir of S.S. Mary & Modwen, p. [49]. Plaque in entrance hall. Plaque in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne Herringston 47 WINTERBORNE HERRINGSTON (O.S. 6 ins. SY 68 NE) The parish of Winterborne Herringston … covers less than 600 acres, stretching from the S. boundary of Dorchester across the South Winterborne and on … curved bands enclosing an apple tree in full fruit with a boy climbing up the trunk; between the bands are curved …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of Wulfhere's charter, little is recorded of the history of the place … the Old Nene at Outwell, and thence to the Ouse at Salter's Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and Suffolk. An act … the living of Wisbech St. Mary annexed, valued in the king's books at 26. 13. 4.; patron, the Bishop of Ely; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the inclusion (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is … At the later date the total rents amounted to 45 5 s. 6 d. 18 As usual in the 14th century, a decline in … is evident. In 1391 the rents amounted to only 37 12 s. 6 d. By this time a good deal of reclamation had been …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 acres. Before this time various creeks, such as Carlton's Creek, 5 penetrated a long way inland and allowed the … In Leverington: the Marsh, Spitalfield, Thummins, Margerie's Croft, Farthing Field, Outnewlands, Fen Croft, Church … Walter son of Walter (120 acres) who held by a rent of 20 s. with suit of court, and the tenement of Ralph de Tirington …