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Magna Britannia
… Parishes Addingham - Aspatria Addingham The parish of Addingham, or Addenham, in Leathward, is divided into four … person who filled the situation of fool or jester to the British court. That Archy had made his fortune before his … S. of London 1780; was elected one of the trustees of the British Museum, to which he was also a benefactor, 1783; was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Adlestrop is a small rural parish on the eastern border of Gloucestershire, about three miles east of … and learning: Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol College, Oxford (172685), 69 a younger son of the lord of the … house, 204 and Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol College, Oxford (who after many years as rector surprised his …
Magna Britannia
… commonly called St. Ann or St. Tane 1, lies in the hundred of Lesnewth and deanery of Trigg-minor, about a mile and a … called Nanteg. 13 The church of St. Allen was given to the college of Glaseney by Bishop Stapleton, and appropriated to the vicars of that college in 1314 14, but the bishop had previously endowed the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… in xviii cent.). Albury is a parish 5 miles east of Guildford and 7 miles west of Dorking. The parish is … and 1840 by the late Mr. Martin Tupper, and it is said British coins also. 1 A gold coin of Verica found here is in … Mr. Lovell, the schoolmaster of Albury, were sent to the British Museum. A systematic exploration, and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (with Tiddington) ALBURY Some nine miles to the east of Oxford lies the small civil parish of Tiddington with … and Little Milton manors, 107 and in 1853 by Pembroke College. 108 Manorial rights have now lapsed. Economic and … the rector. The largest ( c. 60 a.), belonged to Pembroke College; the four smallest were probably of about 15 acres …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… separate for civil purposes. Alconbury comprises an area of 3,797 acres and Alconbury Weston contains 1,735 acres. About half of the whole area is arable and the rest pasture. The soil is … of St. Andrew's church, Sawtry, by Grimm (c. 1810) in the British Museum which is wrongly inscribed as 'St. Anne's …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ALDBOURNE Aldbourne, a downland parish north-east of Marlborough and south-east of Swindon, includes Aldbourne … substantial settlement at Upper Upham; IronAge and Romano-British finds have been made there and an associated field … priory and passed with Ogbourne St. Andrew manor to King's College, Cambridge, in the 15th century. 227 In the mid 16th …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent.; Audebur', xiii cent.; Albury, xvi cent. The parish of Aldbury comprises 2,020 acres of land and seven acres of land covered with water, … so blazoned in the funeral certificate, preserved at the College of Arms, of Sir Edmund Verney who died 11 Jan. 15989. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… xi cent.; Audenham, xiii cent.; Audham. The parish of Aldenham lies to the south of the county and contains … Street. The pottery made here was of the common Romano-British type, the particular point of interest being the … of the name of the potter, which was Castus. 4 Romano-British pottery is said to have been found at Letchmore …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xi cent.); Aldermanneston Achard (xiv cent.). The parish of Aldermaston contains 3,742 acres of land, a large … Forster, 96 and in 1666 the Warden and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, received a present of a whole buck from Lady … hospital had already been granted by Edward III to Queen's College, Oxford, 111 so that at the Dissolution the church of …