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A History of the County of Surrey
… and scarcely 2 miles east to west. It contains 2,044 acres of land and 50 of water. The River Mole forms the greater … Latton vested it in trustees for the benefit of Wadham College, Oxford, to the founder of which he was related, 92 … were bound to appoint a kinsman of the founder of Wadham College before any other person, if there were any such of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Eaton (xvi cent.). Eton is situated on the north bank of the Thames, and is connected with Windsor by a bridge … parish of Eton proper, is almost entirely occupied by the college and the town, and it is here that the historical … bridges are still landmarks which divide the town from the college on the north and from Windsor on the south. 5 About …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Eatington, is an extensive rural parish in the south-west of the county. The River Stour forms its south-western … a stiff clay over lias beds, but there are patches of gravel and some sand. In 1797 there were public stone-pits … been brought in 1823 from the east window of Winchester College Chapel. Most of that in the east window is part of a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Everleigh EVERLEIGH Everleigh lies mostly at heights of between 150 m. and 180 m. towards the north-eastern edge … outside the forest in 1300. 5 There are important Romano-British settlement sites a little to the west of the parish, … D.D., who some time after 1672 conveyed it to Queens' College, Cambridge. 91 In 1734 Sir John Astley (d. 1771), …
A History of the County of Bedford
… cent.); Evereshout, Evereshawe (xiii cent.). The parish of Eversholt, covering an area of 2,145 acres, contains no village proper, but consists of … the manuscript memoirs of a Mr. Cole, now preserved at the British Museum, is an account of his visit to Mr. Reddall of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire borders with an area of 1361 acres, of which 604 are arable land, 367 permanent … rectory and advowson (q.v.), they were granted to Clare College, Cambridge. 59 Sawtry Abbey was the recipient of … in. wide, and a western tower 13 ft. by 12 ft. 6 in. Clare College, Cambridge. Or three cheverons gules for Clare …
A History of the County of Surrey
… ( Testa de Nevill). Ewell is a village a mile north-east of Epsom and 5 miles south-east of Kingston. The parish is … and a few other remains, which have been taken to the British Museum. Ewell lay possibly on the Roman road from Sussex to the Thames, diverted at Epsom from the British trackway, though it is matter of inference rather …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… rising in it. It was antiently known likewise by the name of Temple Ewell, from the knights templars possessing the manor of it. The manor of Patrixborne claims over the farm of … these lofty hills to the adjacent country, over which, the British channel, and the coast of France, it has a most …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiv cent.); Faccum, Facham (xvi cent.). The parish of Faccombs contains 2,669 acres, and is situated in the … rolls of the manors from 1371 to 1633 100 exists at the British Museum. The boundaries of the chief manor as they … done to the chancel. 124 An edict of 1396 shows that the health of Thomas Tozande, rector of Faccombe, was so bad that …
A History of the County of Sussex
… (xi cent.). Falmer is a large parish covering 3,612 acres of Downland to the north-east of Brighton. Its area forms a long strip 4 miles long and a … At the very bottom of the coombe is the site of a Romano-British cemetery discovered in 1849. 1 The village stood …