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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Ditton Ditton WESTWARD from Allington lies the parish of Ditton, called in antient records, Dictune. It takes its … which signify the village situated on the dike, or trench of water. THE SITUATION and soil of this parish is much the … left a son Francis, who was elected fellow of All Souls college, in 1620. Rich. Shakerley, esq. the eldest son, was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… DONHEAD ST. ANDREW Donhead St. Andrew 1 is 5 km. east of Shaftesbury (Dors.) in the south-west corner of Wiltshire. 2 Most of its lands and most of those of its … the site on Rotherley Down of an early Iron-Age and Romano-British settlement. 65 Not only the site but the name …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… St. Mary 1 is a large parish in the south-west corner of Wiltshire adjoining Shaftesbury (Dors.). 2 In the Middle … presented in 1816. 331 Blackmore sold the advowson to New College, Oxford, in 1824, reserving the next vacancy for his … and two women between them taught 25 small children. 446 A British school was kept at the Congregational chapel at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Dorchester DORCHESTER The composition of the ancient parish of Dorchester is somewhat obscure. It … that river with the Thames. It was one of the two Romano-British 'towns' in the county. The course of its walls, first … a private residence), and the former Missionary Training College in Queen Street, which was formed out of some older …
Magna Britannia
… properly Dovebridge, lies on the river Dove on the borders of Staffordshire, about two miles from Uttoxeter in that … seventeen from Derby. This parish, which is in the hundred of Appletree and in the deanery of Castillar, is called in … Duffield was given by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, to Newark College, in Leicester, to which it became appropriated. 36 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1882 Dowdeswell parish, which formerly included most of the hamlet of Andoversford, lies at the edge of the … in the park mentioned above. Wycomb, a small Romano-British town near Andoversford, lay mainly in the ancient … of the green were owned respectively by Corpus Christi college, Oxford, which had succeeded to property of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Dowlish Wake DOWLISH WAKE The parish of Dowlish Wake, also called East Dowlish to distinguish it … West Dowlish in Bulstone hundred, lies 2 miles southeast of Ilminster at the western end of the hundred. 1 The name … prebendary of Worcester, and Provost of the Queen's College, Oxford. 127 Hugh Speke, rector 182756, held the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… extends beyond Northend and Highelms, almost to the foot of Farnborough-hill, on the Sevenoke-road. The village is in the southern part of it; Petley's-place, situated within it, which though now … Rep. p. 193. He was one of the fellows of Magdalen college, in Oxford, and deprived by king James II. he was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 757. This article 1 deals with the entire ancient parish of Downton whose lands, which now make up Downton, Redlynch, … 3rd or early 4th century, 25 and there was another Romano-British settlement on Witherington down. 26 The evidence of … inheritance land and land held customarily of Winchester College in Downton parish, passed to Sir Samuel's son Sir …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.); Drayton (xiiixx cent.). Drayton was a dependency of St. Helen's, until 1867, when it was made an … who in 1381 received licence to alienate it to the college of St. Mary of Winchester (now New College), lately founded by him at Oxford. 41 In January …