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A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Wambrook WAMBROOK The parish of Wambrook had an area of 1,867 a. in 1901. 1 In 1966 573 a. … himself and wife for their lives with remainder to Wadham College, Oxford. The first 20 of the income was to be paid to the college chaplains and the residue to the moderators. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Wanborough WANBOROUGH The parish of Wanborough, 3 miles east of Swindon, is roughly … was Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum (1861 1870). 41 A. D. Passmore (d. 1958), the … and in the same year the bishop conveyed both to Magdalen College, Oxford. 112 In 1535 it was described as a manor. 113 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Wansworth alias Wandlesworthe (xvii cent.). The area of the civil parish of Wandsworth covers not quite 2,445 acres. 1 Nearly 232 of … in 1628 when the Barbary Corsairs were sometimes even in British seas, has long ceased to be an object of charity. 56 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wardington chapelry (2,572 a.) 1 included the hamlets of Williamscot and Coton, with which it had been linked for … of Seals, no. 204; cf. Oxford Charters, no. 98, and Oriel College Records, ed. C. L. Shadwell and H. E. Salter (O.H.S. … Eccles. b 14. M. Stephenson, Monumental Brasses in the British Isles, 424. For blazons of arms on monuments and in …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Ware is a large parish now divided into the civil parishes of Ware Urban and Ware Rural, the latter including an area of … and classical scholar and professor of Greek at Trinity College, Cambridge, was presented to the vicarage in 1627. As … 1665 to 1706 is among the additional manuscripts at the British Museum. 175 Separate courts were held (on the same …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xii and xiii cents.), Werisley (xvi cent.). The parish of Waresley contains 2,031 acres. 1 It is well wooded, the … was rebuilt 'in humble imitation of the Chapel at Pembroke College; it had only one small bell, without a wheel.' 73 … grant it in mortmain to Valence Marie Hall, now Pembroke College, Cambridge, and for the Warden and scholars to …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xiv cent.). Warlingham is a village 4 miles south-east of Croydon and 17 miles from London. It lies on the downs … time, and, from his notes and sketches preserved in the British Museum, the celebrated antiquary John Carter … These appear among John Carter's sketches in the British Museum, and the projecting moulded basin of the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… boundary is Elton in Huntingdonshire, the old part of its manor-house standing on the border line, part in each … The acreage is 4,013 (including 20 acres in water), of which a good deal more than half are permanent grass. The … Com), iv, 279. Roger de Torpel gave them lands for the health of the soul of his wife Mary in the 12th century, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Warnesford (xiv cent.); Wanford (xvii cent.). The parish of Warnford, covering about 3,178 acres, lies south of Kilmeston and Hinton Ampner, north-east of Exton, and west … centuries. At the present day it belongs to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The parish contains 1,545 acres of arable …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.); Wauesyng, Wausynge (xiv cent.). The small parish of Wasing lies in the south of the county and runs down to … earl in the 13th century, 5 after which it passed to the college or hospital of St. Nicholas de Valle beside … Forster the manor of Wasing, formerly belonging to the college or hospital of St. Nicholas de Valle beside …