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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Great Bentley is a parish and village 3 m. N.N.E. of Brightlingsea. The church is interesting. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary (Plate, p. 108) stands in the village. The walls … Fittings Bells: eight; 6th by Miles Graye, 1683; 7th by Henry Pleasant, 1703. Chest: In towerwith cambered lid and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Berkhampstead Church Reproduced by permission of the Victoria County Histories. (1). Parish Church of St. … of canopy, imperfect inscription and arms; said to be of Richard Torrington, 1356, and Margaret his wife, 1349: in … house built by Sir Edward Carey, c. 1580, and sold to Henry, Prince of Wales, for whom the building seems to have …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… BOWDEN Great Bowden village lies on the south-east border of Leicestershire, about sixteen miles from Leicester. On the … in 1900 when Bishop's House was built on the site by John Henry Stokes. 35 Bishop's House and the adjacent Green Lodge … is earlier. It was built by William Hay (d. 1878). His son W. H. Hay (d. 1924) was regarded for many years as the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (c)xlv. N.E.) Great Braxted is a parish and hamlet 2 m. E. of Witham. The church and Tiptree Priory are the principal monuments. Great Braxted, the Parish Church of All Saints Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of All … and two shields of arms. Floor-slabs: In chancel(1) to Richard Milward, D.D., 1680, canon of Windsor and rector of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W. (a)xxxii. N.E.) Great Canfield is a parish 3 m. S.W. of Great Dunmow. The Church and Castle are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands N.W. of the Castle on the S.E. side of the … of John Wyseman, auditor "of the revenue of his crown," to Henry VIII. and of Agnes, his wife, 1558; figures of man in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Great Chesterford is a parish and large village 3 m. N.W. of Saffron Walden, on the S. border of Cambridgeshire. The site of a Roman town or village lies … inscription only; under same arch, (3) of John Howard, 7th son of Thomas Lord Howard, baron of Walden, 1600, swaddled, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Easton is a parish and small village about 2 m. N.N.W. of Great Dunmow. The most important monuments are the mount … five, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd by William Hall, 1665; 4th by Henry Jordan of London, 15th-century, inscribed "Nomen … to Jane, wife of John Meade, 1626, and John their eldest son, 1666; (7) to John Meade, 1710, with shield of arms. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… S.E.) Great Eversden Great Eversden is a village lying E. of a N. spur from the chalk ridge which separates the valleys of the Cam and the Bourn Brook. E. and S. of the village … and carved headstones. Floor slabs: In chancel (1) to Richard Rose, 17[4?]2, with shield of arms. In nave (2) to …
Survey of London: volume
… Great George Street GREAT GEORGE STREET. Early History of the Site. Up to the middle of the 18th century the site of … Kynge Streete aforesaid," came into the possession of his son Francis, who in 1600 devised it to Francis Townley. 14 On … house. It is mentioned as early as 1464. 27 In the time of Henry VIII it belonged to the Fraternity of St. Mary within …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Great Glen GREAT GLEN Great Glen ancient parish consists of two townships, Great Glen and Great Stretton. Great … many other Leicestershire manors, Glen passed from the son of Hugh de Grentemesnil, Ivo, to the earls of Leicester, … at Glen was referred to as a manor in 1333. 48 Roger's son Henry in turn inherited the manor, 49 and at his death in …