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Magna Britannia
… The manor belonged at an early period to the family of Staveley, who continued to hold it in the reign of Edward … Eglesfield, in 1341, settled it upon his newly founded college at Oxford, to which, in compliment to Queen Philippa, he had given the name of Queen's College. The church of Renwick was appropriated to the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Parishes Ribbesford with the borough of Bewdley RIBBESFORD with the BOROUGH of BEWDLEY Ribbedford, Ribeford (xi cent.); Rybbesford (xii cent.). The parish of Ribbesford covers a triangular piece of land bounded on …
A History of the County of Surrey
… cent.); Shene, Shine, and West Shene, 1 later. The parish of Richmond, with its church of St. Mary Magdalene, lies on … then living in a house nearly opposite, now Ellerker College. 140 In 1792 the number of houses, exclusive of the … Mary's (Parochial) School was built in 1853, the Vineyard (British) School in 1866, Holy Trinity (National) Infants' …
A History of the County of Hertford
… a large parish on the Buckinghamshire and Middlesex border of the county, and has since 1898 been divided into three … of Beowulf in 1833. From 1835 to 1844 he was editor of the British and Foreign Review. The best-known of his works is … in 1871. Sir Thomas White, the founder of St. John's College, Reading, was the son of William White, a clothier of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent.). Ridge parish contains 3,615 acres and consists of two long and narrow parallel strips of land running … and in 15545 he purchased the site and buildings of Durham College, Oxford. He was empowered by a royal charter to establish a college 'of the Holy and Undivided Trinity,' to consist of a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Ringwood, including the tithing and parochial chapelry of Bisterne, is an extensive parish comprising 11,842 acres, … sold the advowson to the provost and scholars of King's College, Cambridge, to whom it now belongs. 150 In 1291 the … to the vicarage of Ringwood and is in the gift of King's College, Cambridge. King's College, Cambridge. Sable three …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… parish at the hundred court, and another for that part of the manor of Archers-court, which is in the parish of Whitfield, at the … of the town of Dover and its churches, and beyond, the British channel and the high hills of Bologne on the coast of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Town in the Conqueror's Survey is mentioned to be the Land of Earl Alan of Richmond, which before the Norman Invasion Leviet had, … died without Heirs. The Rectory was appropriated to the College of Durham in Oxford, lately dissolved and was rated …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… being plainly seen from it. It contains about 1050 acres of land, of which not more than seventy-five are wood. The village, … Clark, A. M. April 5, 1798. Among the Harleian MSS, in the British museum, is a pedigree of the family of Pordage, No. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Rollestone ROLLESTONE Rollestone, 8 km. west of Amesbury, probably appears in Domesday Book as … provided instruction in the use of kite balloons for the British Expeditionary Force. 19 The R.A.F. School of Balloon … the rector was vicar of Andover and a Fellow of Winchester College, his curate was also non-resident. 99 From the later …