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Magna Britannia
… Parishes Bickton - Bridford Bickton BICKTON, in the hundred of East Budleigh and in the deanery of Aylesbeare, lies about … was the birth place of Dr. John Conant, rector of Exeter College, and Regius Professor of Divinity in the seventeenth … the co-heiresses of Nicholas Wadham 41, founder of Wadham College, to the families of Strangways and Wyndham, and is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… IS the next parish eastward from Frittenden. That part of it which is in the boroughs of Ibornden, Wosenden, … children, Thomas, D. D. late president of Corpus Christi college, Oxford; George, M. D. of Bristol; Francis, D. D. … Vistn. co. Kent, 1619. Among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum, is a tract concerning the foundation of this …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1,842. Bidford is a large parish stretching on either side of the Avon and including the hamlets of Broom on the north … Two parts of the tithe in demesne had been granted to the College of St. Mary Warwick by Roger, Earl of Warwick, its … this pension does not appear in the 1461 rental of Warwick College (B.R.L. 168238), and later rentals, 1508 and 1544, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Beerton (xv cent.). Bierton parish lies in the Vale of Aylesbury, to the north-east of Aylesbury parish. It contains 2,476 acres, 1 which are … of Mr. J. W. Grist. Various neolithic implements and a British urn have been dug up at different times. 5 The …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xvii cent.). Biggleswade, including the hamlets of Stratton and Holme, is a parish with an acreage of 4,647 acres, of which 2,932 acres are arable land, 1,148 … owing to the flatness of the surrounding country. Ancient British coins of gold (inscribed), silver, copper and brass, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Bicketon (xvi cent.). Bighton is a parish with an area of 2,095 acres, situated 2 miles north-east by east from New … term of his life. 46 The bishop granted the land to his college at Winchester, 47 and in 1428 it was stated that the warden of New College, Winchester, held in Bighton the fourth part of a fee …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1931, 58. Billesley is a small parish on the north side of the Stratford-Alcester road. It appears to have been a place of some importance in early times, and a house in Warwick was … the archbishopric of Canterbury on the ground of ill-health, but in 1748 he became Bishop of London. He died …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Urban District (Extension) Order, 1931, the greater part of the ancient parish of Bilton was transferred for civil … (S'Hertogenbosch). The organ case 68 came from St. John's College, Cambridge, about 1868. It was built by Robert Dallam … Tudor rose and portcullis, emblems of the founders of the College. The altar rails are said to have come from Great St. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Benetfelde (xiv cent.); Bynfylde (xvi cent.). The parish of Binfield was formerly part of Windsor Forest and is still … Dison Gabell (17641831), the head master of Winchester College, was the rector there in 1820. 55 CHARITIES In 1652 … 10 d. consols. The rent-charge of 5 s. is paid by Pembroke College, Oxford, who now own Long Close. It appears from a …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… BINGHAM. AFTER the conquest this became wholly the Fee of Roger de Busli; before which Tosti had a Manor here, rated … of Thurgarton, in pure Alms, for her own, and Childrens Health, and for the Soul of William Painell, and for the … place at different periods of time. At Bingham there was a college, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, valued at the …