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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… OSLESTON, with Thurvaston, a township, in the parish of Sutton-on-the-Hill, union of Burtonupon-Trent, hundred of … and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The great tithes have been commuted for … and 172 (N. W.) from London. This town is of ancient British origin, and was at one time called Maserfield. Its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… very small, and reached its maximum extent by a process of piecemeal acquisition of neighbouring properties. By the latest acquisition, in … 37 years Professor of Theology in Manchester New College, 1858, signed Skelton, York. In S. arm, in vestibule, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… associated products Wiltshire's reputation as a producer of good bacon was of long-standing as early as the 18th … the Harris Company survived this. It was said in The British Journal of Commerce that in January 1889 Calne was … was Thomas Warre (d. 1578), who cast a bell for Winchester College in 1565, and possibly one other. Nothing else is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… with their geographical setting.) Affpuddle Remains of the Roman road from Old Sarum to Dorchester, to be … a depth of 3 ft. and was thought to be derived from Romano-British pottery-kilns. (Dorset Procs. XXXVI (1915), xl-xli; … pottery from Iron Age 'B' and 'C' to 4th-century Romano-British (92488633, 92468630, 92498630, 92498629, 92388627, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… OTTERBOURNE ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Hursley, hundred of Buddlesgate, Winchester and N. … of Ottery, as an endowment for his recently established college. He also built the choir and Lady chapel, with a … and remained for two days, taking up his lodging in the college. During the civil war of the seventeenth century, it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covering some 800 hectares, occupies an irregular area of land W. of the R. Nene, on both sides of Lyveden Brook … have been found in and around the town (J. Evans, Ancient british Coins (1864), 235, 258, 304, 321, and 326; J. Evans, Ancient British Coins Supplement (1890), 434 and 444; Brit. Num. J., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ousby (St. Luke) OUSBY ( St. Luke), a parish, in the union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 9 miles … effigy of a man in armour. Here are the remains of a British fortification, consisting of an outer and an inner … income, 108; patrons, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The rectory, an impropriation belonging …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Outlying Parts of the Liberty OUTLYING PARTS OF THE LIBERTY Northgate … William Smith, bishop of Lincoln, who gave it to Brasenose College before 1512. 38 By his will, dated 1513, Bishop Smith … confiscated as chantry land at the Reformation, the college retaining only c. 50 a. of Botley mead. 40 Part of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Outlying parts of the Liberty Greenstead GREENSTEAD Greenstead c. 1838 The ancient parish of Greenstead comprised 1,501 a. (607 ha.) on the east of the … hastily built in Greenstead Road in 1890 to forestall a British school. It received annual government grants from its …
A History of the County of Essex
… Outlying parts of the Liberty Lexden LEXDEN The ancient parish comprised an irregular area of 2,334 a. (945 ha.) west of the town. 86 The Lexden hundred … E.R.O., D/DE1 M175, f. 2v.; D/P 273/3/3, 4. Garrison - Ten British Military Towns, ed. P. Dietz, 9-22; E.R. xliv. 125; …