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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… S.W.) Ecclesiastical Flaunden Church b(1). Old Church of St. Mary Magdalene, ruins, 1 miles S. of the village, in a … are of plastered flint rubble, with clunch dressings, and, with the gables, retain their original height, but there … have suffered much from exposure. a (2). Church of St. Mary Magdalene, on a hill at the W. end of the village, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Dean. It was formerly the site of a Cistercian abbey 42 and the ancient parish, which covered 1,749 a. (707.8 ha.), … lying in two areas joined together by a neck of land at St. White's on the Littledean- Coleford road, 53 and it … and in 1543 and 1544 they were confirmed to his son Sir Anthony 51 (d. 1556). The latter's son Edmund, who apparently …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… of 1,255 a., about eight miles south-east of Leicester and about seven miles north of Market Harborough. The soil is … by 1247 when Nicholas Hastings granted dower there to his mother Amice. 14 Nothing is known of the overlordship of … 21 the curates lived at Kilby Lodge. 22 The church of ST. NICHOLAS consists of an original nave and chancel, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was Godeva's the famous countess of earl Leuric of Mercia, and by them given with Newark, (as in that place is shown) in … bishop of Lincolne, and many others, for taking many of his goods at Fledburgh; who pleaded that as bayliff of the … is a little ordinary place of worship, is dedicated to St. Gregory. Patron, I apprehend, Mr. Pierrepont. Incumbent, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The walls are of local rubble with freestone dressings and the roofs are covered with stone slates. The Chancel is of uncertain but mediaeval date. The church was damaged and partly destroyed by a gale in 1824; in 1827 the chancel … chancelon S. wall, to John Gould, son of George Gould and his wife Abigail (Goodden) of Over Compton, 1818, white …
A Dictionary of London
… Fleet Bridge Over the Fleet River between Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, near Fleet Prison, in Farringdon Ward … as the 13th century. Described by Hatton (1708) as in his time a spacious street and indeed like two large streets, … eastern end out of Old Bailey to Seacole Lane was called "St George's Lane." New Inn formerly stood here. But being …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Fleet Marston 39. … 6 in. xxviii. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands 2 miles N.W. of Aylesbury. The walls are of … the S. wall of the nave; the roofs are tiled. The Chancel and Nave were built possibly in the 12th or 13th century; the …
Old and New London
… STREETGENERAL INTRODUCTION. Frays in Fleet StreetChaucer and the FriarThe Duchess of Gloucester doing Penance for … le Tylor, of Fleet Bridge, then fleeing to the church of St. Mary, Southwark, and there claiming sanctuary. In 1311 … the weak king demanded them (they were perhaps servants of his Gascon favourite, Piers Gaveston, whom the barons …
Old and New London
… V. FLEET STREET ( continued). The "Green Dragon"Tompion and PinchbeckThe RecordSt. Bride's and its Memories Punch and his ContributorsThe Dispatch The Daily TelegraphThe "Globe … Tompion, who is said, in 1700, to have begun a clock for St. Paul's Cathedral which was to go one hundred years …
Old and New London
… OdditiesSir John LeachFuneral of Lord GilffordMrs Clark and the Duke of YorkWolsey in his PompStrafford"Honest Isaak"The Lord KeeperLady … of a friend, blew out his brains in the churchyard of St. Margaret's, Westminster. In 1798 a poem, written, we …