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A History of the County of Warwick
… on the south by Barton Hill, which attains a height of over 600 ft.; from here the ground falls rapidly to 300 ft. in the valley of the Stanford Brook, north of the village. The village is … Overbury gave it to the President and Fellows of the College of Holy Trinity, Oxford, 67 in whose gift the rectory …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xiiixix cent.). The parish, including the villages of Basildon and Upper Basildon, contains 3,139 acres and is bounded on the north-east by a curve of the Thames, whence it rises south-westward to an altitude … to the chantry at Shottesbrooke 162 (q.v.). Shottesbrooke College being dissolved in 1547, 163 the advowson and rectory …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xi cent.). Basing is a parish lying to the north-east of Basingstoke, and covering about 5,300 acres. It is watered … into the possession of the Master and fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, but was retained by the Bishops of … it into the hands of the Master and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1864 the living was separated from …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xi cent.); Basingestok (xiii cent.). The parish of Basingstoke covers an area of 4,172 acres and is situated … Three years afterwards Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College, Oxford, and holder of certain lands in Basingstoke, … d. consols, representing proceeds of sales in 1890 of the British Schools. The trust is regulated by a scheme of 11 …
Magna Britannia
… - Beaumont Bassenthwaite BASSENTHWAITE, in the ward of Allerdale below Derwent, lies by the side of the lake of … school, seven in number, of whom the provost of Queen's College in Oxford, and the rector of Egremont, are always … connected with the school of St. Bees at Queen's College in Oxford, Pembroke Hall, and Magdalen College in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Bassingbourn BASSINGBOURN The parish of Bassingbourn, 1 20 km. south-west of Cambridge, is … development, and were owned from c. 1860 to 1867 by the British Land Co. 36 The size of the village itself remained, … in 1654. 167 Perse transferred his 90 a. in 1626 to Caius College, Cambridge, as part of 103 a. at Bassingbourn, for …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xvixviii cent.); Battersea (xvii cent.). The civil parish of Battersea is a part of the metropolitan borough of … the warehouses on the river bank stands the Battersea College, the first English training college for elementary … of his time at the manorhouse, especially during his ill-health in 16259. 91 He died there 30 December 1630; his widow …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… BEACONSFIELD Bekenesfeld (xiixvi cent.). The parish of Beaconsfield covers an area of 4,504 acres, of which 1,994 are arable land, 1,294 are … 1705. 188 It was shortly afterwards acquired by Magdalen College, Oxford, the present patrons. 189 The church was …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Population: 1911, 211; 1921, 174; 1931, 156. The parish of Bearley is bounded on the north by Wootton Wawen and … the estates of the suppressed priory had come to King's College, Cambridge, it became a perpetual curacy in the gift of the college as rectors. The great tithes were paid to King's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Beckford BECKFORD Beckford lies 6 miles east of Tewkesbury, on the southside of Bredon Hill. 1 Becca's … clear. In 1444 the manor was granted in free alms to Eton College, and a grant of 1441 to Sir John Beauchamp of the … to the Avon-Severn Valleys Research Project. 'Romano-British settlement on Bredon Hill', Trans. B.G.A.S. lxix. …