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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Charlton CHARLTON. EASTWARD from Greenwich, on the bank of the Thames, lies CHARLTON, antiently written Ceorletone, … possession of Sir John Morden, bart. the founder of Morden-college, near it, who dying in 1708, was buried in the chapel of his own college. By his will, he left his mansion-house, called …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Charlton 1 covers 1,734 a. and lies 4 miles southwest of Pewsey. 2 Long and narrow in shape, it measures some 5 … down, one, directly south of the Ridge Way, yielded Romano-British material. 9 The 'long ditch' of unknown date runs … 1447), in 1439. 38 The rent was granted in 1441 to Eton College, to whom Humphrey quitclaimed his rights in 1443. 39 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Charlton CHARLTON Charlton 1840 Charlton, 3 km. ENE. of Malmesbury, is a small village in a large parish. 1 The … that Charlton originated as a settlement for tenants of the abbey. Characteristically of the Wiltshire places so … Alfred Church, later professor of Latin at University College, London, was curate. 405 Services in the earlier 20th …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Charlton Adam CHARLTON ADAM The ancient parish of Charlton Adam, often known as East Charlton, had an area … 1 and at 1,476 a. in 1861, 2 but no accurate assessment of its area survives. The many detached portions of the … to the north-west. 28 Archaeological evidence for Romano-British settlement in Charlton Adam includes potsherds, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Charlton Mackrell CHARLTON MACKRELL The ancient parish of Charlton Mackrell, often known as West Charlton, had an … east of the parish. 27 Evidence of Roman and Romano-British occupation rests chiefly on two villa sites: 28 the … and while rector was canon and chancellor in South Malling college (Suss.). 453 Thomas Markham (rector 145172) was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… CHARLTON-ON-OTMOOR The ancient parish consisted of 1,961 acres and was roughly two miles wide and one mile … Between 1786 and 1845 the estate was leased to the Queen's College, Oxford, at a rent of 7 s. a year. 81 On her … of the energetic John Knipe, a former chaplain to the British Embassy in Hamburg. 225 He found the people 'sunk …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the next parish eastward from Chilham. The greatest part of it is in the hundred of Felborough, and some small part of it, viz. the manor of … off. Cant. in which may be seen his benefactions to Caius college, Cambridge, and Worsted church, in Norfolk. The above …
A History of the County of Surrey
… as early as 1571. Cheam is a parish on the northern side of the Chalk Downs, 3 miles north-east of Epsom, 5 miles … Charles I. On 22 November 1638 Laud acquitted St. John's College, Oxford, of 400 paid by it for the purchase of the … On 19 December Holford conveyed the advowson to the college for 380. 43 It may be observed that five of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Chetindon (xiii cent.); Chetingdon (xiv cent.). The parish of Cheddington contains 1,425 acres, of which 280 acres are … granted the manor to the Warden and scholars of Merton College, 29 Oxford, but in 1278 it was taken into royal … brother of Stephen Chenduit confirmed the grant to Merton College, 32 who hereafter remained in peaceful possession. 33 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it is written both Cillesfelle and Ciresfel, Ch being one of the eight English aspirates, not known to the old English … passed it away to the warden and fellows of All Souls college, in Oxford, the present patrons of it. The church of … Meetkirk, esq, Charles Meetkirk, A. M. obt. March 1774. College of All Souls in Oxford To. Sandford, D. D. presented …