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A History of the County of Oxford
… Leigh by 1279 when the vicarage was endowed with 10 a. of glebe, 5 a. in one field and 5 a. in the other. 62 In 1581 … and Caden hill. 65 The two were divided by the tributary of the Evenlode and by field boundaries. There was very … the Oxford paving commission 78 and in 1788 to build Oriel College library. 79 The quarry was owned and worked in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish church, lies c. 2 1/2 miles (4 km.) north-east of Witney, just off the road from Witney to Woodstock. 98 The … in 1876 at 2,423 a., 99 but the annexation in 1932 of the civil parishes of Wilcote and Osney Hill (77 a.) … Works, and it has become a popular attraction. 53 Romano-British sherds and building material found north of Osney …
Old and New London
… villas, highway-side retreats, That dread th' encroachment of our growing streets, Tight boxes, neatly sash'd, and in a … is said that the first conductors were the two sons of a British naval officer. It was not till several years … It was founded in 1792, and is now in union with King's College. Education is here afforded, almost free of cost, to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… S.E. (c)xl. N.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands in North Mymms Park, 2 miles S.W. of Hatfield, and is built of flint with patches of modern … made of amber and mounted with silver gilt, now in the British Museum, also belongs to this parish. Pulpit: …
A History of the County of Sussex
… North Mundham NORTH MUNDHAM The old parish of North Mundham contained 1,892 acres, but since the hamlet … houses in 1441 these estates were given to Henry VI's new College of Eton. Edward IV resumed them and made a grant of … 337. L. and P. Hen. VIII, xv, 611 (45). There is in the British Museum a map of Sir Thomas Bowyer's manor of Runcton, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Battheley NORTH MUSCHAM. HOLME. and BATHELEY. That part of North Muscham which was of the soc of Suell paid the tax or geld for one car. . It … in decim. lan. agn. &c. Prebendary thereof in Southwell college, Propr. and Patron. Holme, Holme, was formerly a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… North Petherton NORTH PETHERTON The large parish of North Petherton 47 lies between the river Parrett, from which it takes its name, 48 and the lower slopes of the Quantocks. It measures 10 km. from east to west at its … occupation has been found near North Newton and of Romano-British settlement at two sites near North Newton and one …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was started in North Petherton village under the will of Sir Thomas Wroth (d. 1721) who left £20 a year to clothe … pupils provided their own books but were given clothes of blue cloth, and the school was known as the Blue Coat … and 135 juniors. 3 The Congregational church maintained a British day school in 1861 and until c. 1878. 4 Three dame …
A History of the County of Essex
… There is some doubt about the identification in Domesday of the manor of NORTH WEALD, but it was probably made up of … until about 1864, when Norton was sold by Merton College, Oxford. Canes remained in the possession of the college until 1923 when it was sold to the lessee, William …
The Later Records relating to North Westmorland
… North Westmorland The insurrection of 1715 THE INSURRECTION OF 1715. Of which the Rebellion of … money was concealed and would not drink "their villainous health." On 5 November the army marched for Kendal, "a town … the age of seven had formed a resolution to recover the British throne. "By virtue and authority of a commission of …