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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton House and Longford Castle. In 1823 Fonthill Abbey was opened to the public, thus providing a further …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Loders at its rear, which was the prebendal mansion of the abbey of St. Mary, Montebourg, Normandy, the parent house of … in the North Walk. 100 Malmesbury House, once called Cole Abbey, or Copt Hall, 101 to the north of St. Ann's Gate is a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… set of leonines those cut upon the stone slab at Lacock Abbey that once covered the remains of Ela, Countess of …
Survey of London Monograph
… granted that church with all its endowments to Westminster Abbey, at the Dissolution Sandford Manor passed into the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Frampton granted a ½ hide of land to Cirencester Abbey. 87 At the dissolution of the abbey in 1539 its land at Frampton Mansell comprised a … services which included a pair of gloves, belonged to Caen Abbey, which had a confirmatory grant from Henry le Fleming …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2250 acres of land. It belonged to a Cistercian abbey in honour of the Blessed Virgin, founded here in 1146, … Earl of Northampton, who placed in it brethren from the abbey of Wardon, in the county of Bedford; it was dedicated …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… slip-tiles of head of king, 14th-century, all from Sawtry Abbey. Miscellanea: In rectory garden, numerous fragments of … and carved stones, 13th- to 15th-century, from Sawtry Abbey. ConditionRebuilt. a(2). Site of Parish Church of St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Sawtry Judith 72. SAWTRY JUDITH (B.c.). Sawtry Abbey (O.S. 6 in. XIII N.E.) Sawtry Judith is a parish 6 m. … There is no church and the principal monument is Sawtry Abbey of which only earth-works remain. Ecclesiastical (1). Sawtry Abbey stood on the E. edge of the parish. It was founded for …
A History of the County of Durham
… south to found the house afterwards so renowned as Whitby Abbey, and took Elfleda with her. 12 After her departure the … a desire to visit the northern monasteries. Coming to the abbey at Evesham he was joined by two companions, Elfwin and … the jurisdiction of dependent churches belonging to the abbey. Wearmouth and Jarrow were reserved to the prior, who …
Old and New London
… dwelling in saintly splendour at Westminster, beside the abbey dedicated by his predecessors to St. Peter. The …