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A History of the County of Warwick
… a large roughly square block, 3 miles across, to the south of Nuneaton. Its boundaries are for the most part formed by small streams, that on the east being the upper reaches of the River Anker. The village is situated centrally, on a … of a naval aerodrome. Under the provisions of the Public Health Act of 1848 a Local Board was formed in July 1850. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xi cent.); Bolendon, Bolyndene (xiii cent.). The parish of Bullington is bounded on the north by Tufton, on the east … south by Wonston and on the west by Barton Stacey, part of the boundary on this side being formed by a narrow strip … 15 s., 12 probably representing the water-mill which the college of St. Elizabeth, Winchester, rented from the Abbess …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Burcot BURCOT Burcot lies on the north bank of the Thames, 1 miles north-west of Dorchester. Its … when the house was occupied by Dorchester Theological College. 27 A small chapel was built to the north of the main … study-bedrooms to the west. In 1940 Cheshunt Theological College was evacuated there. After the Second World War some …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Buryton (xvi cent.); Beriton (xvii cent.). The parish of Buriton lies on high ground, rising from north to south-east from a height of little more than 200 ft. above the sea-level to more than … 33284, fol. 447); Chas. II presented in 1660, St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1688, and the bishop of London in 1829 …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Burley (xiv cent.). Burley parish lies to the north-east of Oakham and contains about 3,051 acres. There is a gentle … Richard Sapcote, who died in 1543 and was buried in the College of Fotheringhay. 65 She died 26 October 1492, 66 and … are, however, seals of three members of this house in the British Museum collection, all bearing swords. David de …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in Romney Marsh, and within the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of it. THIS PARISH lies within the level of … of which both the air and water make dreadful havoc on the health of the inhabitants of this sickly and contagious … of Trienstone, for the better endowment of St. John's college, in Cambridge, part of the possessions of which it …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Norton runs from north to south across the western end of the parish, and the village lies between this road and one … is so styled when the latter was appropriated to Merton College in 1311. 34 The rectory was confirmed to Merton in … were certain scandals about the corrupt sale of leases of college property by the Warden. 36 The benefice became first …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… with LOWER BOVENEY Burneham (xi cent.). The old parish of Burnham consisted of several districts or liberties which … bestowed the advowson, some time after 1681, 427 on Eton College, 428 of which he was a fellow, and in which it has … 5. Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiii, App. i, 327. Gray's Letters (British Prose Writers, 12), i, 20. Mrs. Grote, op. cit. Star …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Burrough Green BURROUGH GREEN The parish of Burrough Green, which covers 2,272 a., lies 5 miles south … and formed part of the original endowment of Downing College. In the 19th century Ravensholt covered c. 173 a. … and the church was described as a danger to the lives and health of parishioners. 155 Eventually the chapels were …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiv cent.); Bristelden (xvi cent.). The parish of Bursledon is a beautiful little tract of country, 1,100 … of Wykeham to assist in the foundation of Winchester College. 10 Bursledon is not expressly mentioned among the … at this date, but in a subsequent lease by Winchester College (dated 1 Henry V) of the lands of Hamble Priory, the …