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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne brook, which flows into the parish from the W. and turns S. at the village. The area was formerly divided … the 13th century but with 18th-century windows; the West Tower is of the late 15th or early 16th century; the Porch is … DescriptionThe Chancel (20 ft. by 13 ft.) has a gabled E. wall with three widely spaced gradated lancet windows, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… on Chalk. Until 1933 Milton Abbas parish included the W. part of Whitechurch village, and the parish church thus … possibly in consequence of the collapse of a former tower; the present Central Tower is of the 15th century. The … Chancel (23 ft. by 15 ft.) has an early 13th-century E. window of three gradated lancet lights and, at each of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… among the many 'Winterborne' entries. Huish, in the E., is mentioned early in the 14th century; it probably was … and Heathstone rubble, with ashlar dressings. The West Tower was built in the 15th century. The Chancel, Nave, North … that to the E. is of one lancet light and that to the W. is of two pointed lights with a central roundel. Reset in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Newbury; containing 337 inhabitants, and comprising … H. Sturt, Esq. The church has a neat embattled tower crowned with pinnacles. In this parish is Maiden … head, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bristol; containing 3151 inhabitants. This …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lies at the head of the South Winterborne valley 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, capped in places … which cuts across the S. part of the parish from W.-E. The slopes are cut into by a series of deep dry valleys. … century the nave was widened on the N. side and the West Tower was added. The North Porch was built in the 17th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lies across the valley of the South Winterborne 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, with extensive … a(1) The Parish Church of St. Michael stands at the E. end of the village. The walls are mostly of Portland … The Nave was rebuilt in the 12th century. The West Tower (Plate 3) and the South Porch were added in the 14th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from Skipton; … structure in the Norman and early English styles, with a tower, was greatly injured during the civil war in the time …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Winwick 94. WINWICK (B.c.). (O.S. 6 in. XII N.E.) Winwick is a parish and village 8 m. N. of Kimbolton. The … South Transept was built, and late in the century the West Tower was added. Early in the 16th century the N. aisle was … a woman's head in a wimple and the other defaced; further W. is a blocked doorway, only visible internally, with a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) from the town of Wisbech: containing, with the chapelry … in the later English style, with a large square tower. At Guyhirn is a neat chapel, built in 1666, of which … of Cambridge, 43 miles (N.) from Cambridge, and 94 (N. by E.) from London; containing 8530 inhabitants. This place is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to undertake the repair of the chapel with its chancel, tower, and churchyard enclosure, and to go in procession to … nave, aisles, north and south porches and west tower. The chancel was destroyed by floods in 1613. 28 The … renamed the Payne Council Primary School after Alderman J. W. Payne, J.P., Chairman of the County Education Committee. …