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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Niton, xix cent.) is a large, somewhat straggling village of thatched cottages lying at the foot of the down of the same name, about 5 miles west of Ventnor. … at the solicitation of Queen Henrietta Maria, to Queen's College, Oxford, 53 in whose gift it still is. The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lies partly, that is, so much as is within the borough of Kettington, and of Nonington, alias Ratling, in this … past. ARCHBISHOP PECKHAM, on the foundation of Wingham college, anno 1286, endowed the first subdiaconal prebend of … by Cooke, clarencieux, and they were certified to the college of arms by William Hammond, esq. last-mentioned, his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… NORTH ASTON North Aston lies 8 miles (13 km.) north-east of Woodstock and 2 miles (3 km.) south of Deddington on the … Aston and Tackley. The joint patrons were Brasenose College, St. John's College, and Lt.-Col. A. D. Taylor. 186 At the time of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiv cent.); Cherford (xv cent.). In 1831 the parish of North Charford included 'the tithing of South Charford,' but both were originally and are now … in 1880 by Professor Wrightson into an agricultural college. North Charford contains 874 acres, of which about …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Ivy Hinksey, ( passim). North Hinksey is a small parish of 797 acres, on the right bank of the Isis, opposite Oxford. … the centre is a large shield with the arms of St. John's College, Oxford. Outside the house, on the road side, is the … and William Leeche, 26 as trustees for Brasenose College, Oxford. 27 In 1562 the manor was purchased from the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… (xiv cent.). North Luffenham covers 2,034 acres, mostly of limestone brash with a clay subsoil in places. It is … 145 In July 1591 Romney conveyed the advowson to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, having, as appears above, sold the priory … Isaac Johnson presented Jonathan Tooky to the church. The college took no action at this date, but on the next vacancy …
A History of the County of Hertford
… North Mimms NORTH MIMMS Mimmine (xi cent.). The parish of North Mimms comprises 4,966 acres, and extends four and a … from north to south by the Old North Road, the main line of the Great Northern Railway, and the St. Albans road. The … century. This latter is loaned for safety to the British Museum. 182 The earliest register preserved is a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes North Newnton NORTH NEWNTON The ancient parish of North Newnton consisted of two detached parts. 1 The tithings of North Newnton and … made at Hilcott, 36 thought to be the site of an early British settlement, 37 and so possibly an older village than …
A History of the County of Essex
… NORTH OCKENDON North Ockendon was a small country parish of 1,709 a. 1 It lay 19 miles east of London, between Brentwood and Grays Thurrock. Its medieval … to Brasenose Farm, which in 1513 was given to the Oxford college of that name by Sir Richard Sutton. 14 The western …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… NORTH TIDWORTH North Tidworth village 1 is 13.5 km. WNW. of Andover (Hants) on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. 2 … ranching. A smaller field system is further east. Romano-British remains have been found near Sidbury Hill and on … it to Thomas Pierce 131 (d. 1691), president of Magdalen College, Oxford, and later dean of Salisbury. The manor …