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A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … on the east by a stream dividing Hadley wood from the king's wood (Wrockwardine wood), on the west by Springwell brook, … expansion by c. 1181 may have been indicated by Henry II's confirmation to the priory of 80 a. of assarts beyond the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… comprised Wrockwardine Wood C.P. (914 a.) and the new C.P.s of St. George's (129 a.) and Priorslee (584 a.). 56 In 1934 the U.D.'s … Farm and Snedshill. The Greyhound and Lightmoor faults cross the Coal Measures from south-west to north-east; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… though their parents paid no education rate. The town's principal street, Market Street, was under two highway … levels; street traders could evade the sanitary inspector's jurisdiction by crossing it. Ten authorities had local … the result of their operations being 'chaos' and the town's reputation for dirt and neglect. 22 The creation of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Wood Walton 98. WOOD WALTON (C.c.). (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIII N.E. (b)XIII S.E. (c)XIV N.W.). Wood Walton is a parish and village, 6 m. … tapering coped slab with moulded edge and ornamental cross, 13th-century. Crosses: On jambs of S. doorway, two …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… in the gift of Southwel minster. Incumbent, , Vicar. King's book 4l. 11s. 5d. Clear yearly value 13l. 0s. 0d. Syn. and … 16 R: 2: Ex eviden: ejusdem: C: L: Test: de Nev: Fin: a S: Hill: in 15: dies, 2 H: 4: Regist:de Thurg: p: 41 Mon: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is … to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in … to the clothing and apprenticing of boys. Woodchurch (Holy Cross) WOODCHURCH ( Holy Cross), a parish, in the union, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … of Houghton Green only as a bridleway. Two minor roads cross the southern half of the parish from east to west. That …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 700 hectares (Fig. 28). It is bounded on both the N. and S. by E.-flowing tributaries of the R. Tove at about 115 m. … once the main street, which crosses the area from S.W. to N.E. ('a'-'b' on plan). It is visible S. of the modern farm buildings as an uneven hollow-way ('a') …
The Environs of London
… was given by Earl Harold to his monastery of Waltham Holy-cross. It was seized by the crown on the suppression of … free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … Alderman of London, 1625; Anne, wife of Thomas Holbech, S. T. P. daughter of Patrick Melvill, 1666; Richard Bayly, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … piece of land between the church and the school on which a cross was erected in 1913 from older stones. 21 There is a …