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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and lies on Ermine Street about 10 miles south-west of Cambridge. 1 It is long, narrow, and rectangular in shape … was converted to use as a temporary teachers' training college but later reverted to use as a military hospital. 7 … that in 1669 Chicheley had proposed to compensate Trinity College for any loss suffered from the inclosures that he …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Population: 1911, 317; 1921, 339; 1931, 293. The parish of Arrow is bounded on the east by the River Arrow as far … which forms the western boundary. On the south the limit of the parish is the line of the road from Wixford to … IV, no. 51. Stephenson, List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles, 155. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xli, 7. Feet of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Ash ASH LIES adjoining to the last-described parish of Staple northward. It is written in Domesday, Ece, and in … rectory of Ash, and as such belonged to the neighbouring college of Wingham. The church of Ash itself, being only a chapel to the church of Wingham, was given to that college by archbishop Peckham in 1286, for the support of the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Asshe (xiv cent.). Ash is a parish on the western border of the county, 36 miles south-west from London, 8 miles from … or occupied by those connected with Aldershot, the Staff College, which is in the parish, and Sandhurst which lies … and increased owing to the proximity of the Military College, Sandhurst, over the Berkshire border, the Staff …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Asbury (xvi cent.); Isbury 1 (xvii cent.). The parish of Ashbury 2 contains 5,609 acres, 5 of which are covered by … with the intention that they should grant it to Winchester College 110; but the conditions of the grant not being fulfilled, 111 it was given instead to Magdalen College, Oxford, 112 and has since remained in its …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Ashchurch ASHCHURCH The parish of Ashchurch lies immediately east of Tewkesbury. In the … of the small estate in Fiddington belonging to Brasenose College, Oxford, and leased by the college to successive members of the Kemble family. Richard …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… LIES southwestward from Bidborough on the confines of this county next Sussex, from which it is separated both … its name from the Saxon word, asces, ash trees, and the British byrst, i. e. the wood of ashes. ASHURST lies at the southern boundaries of this …
A History of the County of Hertford
… ASHWELL Aescwelle, Eswell, Assewell, Asshewell. The parish of Ashwell has an area of about 4,108 acres. The ground … contains some old houses, notably a cottage formerly the British Queen Inn, which was originally built in the 15th … 82 Possibly the latter were trustees for St. John's College, Cambridge; at all events, it was in the hands of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… lying on the Buckinghamshire border, on the extreme west of the county. The total area is 3,299 acres, 600 of which form Aspley Heath, constituted a civil parish in … plantations of fir and pine, has made them much sought as health resorts. Woburn Sands contains many fine modern …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Population: 1911, 377; 1921, 448; 1931, 304. The parish of Astley is situated between the parishes of Arley and … to the re-use of windows from the former church and college buildings. It has a horizontal drip-mould extended to … of the Astley family, probably Sir Thomas who founded the college; (2) Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Guy, Earl of …