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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… the Bishop, and his own wife, he founded the priory or abbey at Thetford, and at his death was buried in the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… he was a monk of Norwich, but "the same abbeye" means the abbey of Monmouth, where he was monk, though it is said by …
A History of the County of Hertford
… townsmen of St. Albans appear to have had rights in the abbey church at an early date and probably had their services … Paul de Caen, the first Norman abbot (107793), rebuilt the abbey church he appears to have provided for the wants of the … which had belonged before the dissolution of St. Albans Abbey to the office of almoner of the abbey, were granted in …
A History of the County of Hertford
… parish within the borough; the Middle Ward, or roughly the Abbey parish; Holywell Ward, comprising the portion of St. … probably about the time of the foundation of St. Albans Abbey, at the end of the eighth century, and carried round the east and north sides of the abbey precincts, by leaving Watling Street at St. Stephen's …
A History of the County of Hertford
… may be said to have been at this time small, but as the abbey flourished during the twelfth and the first half of the … as they used to do in the time of Henry II. 79 Thus the abbey and the town seem to have furthered the interests of … liberty under the great ash tree in the courtyard of the abbey. 84 It was the desire of all boroughs to obtain an …
A History of the County of Stafford
… for a new church on an adjoining site were being laid. ABBEY HULTON. Carmountside Chapel in Abbots Road, Abbey Hulton, was opened in 1940 603 and seats 200. 604 It … still in use in 1958 and is a small red-brick building. ABBEY HULTON. A Primitive Methodist chapel was erected in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to the Cistercians of Hulton until the dissolution of the abbey in 1538, and it was bought by the Biddulphs two years … the century. 91 Despite the separation of Birches Head and Abbey Hulton in 1923, the Sacred Heart parish had a … and is now some 1,200, new parishes having been created at Abbey Hulton and Bentilee. Packmoor In 1920 the priest at …
A History of the County of Stafford
… School Date of opening Changes in organization Buildings Abbey Hulton C. Infants' School, School Rd., Abbey Hulton 1936 Abbey Hulton C. Junior School, School Rd., Abbey Hulton 1900 …
Old and New London
… The old City of Westminster proper, with its venerable Abbey, and its gloomy and narrow streets, once the residence … a few of the chief points of interest which lie around the Abbey. As lately as the reign of Elizabeth, the Middlesex … of land, almost wholly free from buildings, except the Abbey and Palace, and some few public edifices which adjoined …