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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Falkingham. FOLKINHGAM.See Falkingham. Folkington (St. Peter) FOLKINGTON ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of … comprises about 1450 acres: the surface is hilly, and from the higher grounds are some of the finest views in … almshouses, founded by Sir William, were re-established by his descendant, the late W. Harison, Esq. On the downs above …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 6 in. (a)V S.W., (b)IX N.W.) Folksworth is a small parish and village 6 m. S.W. of Peterborough. The church is the … principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Helen stands N. of the village. The walls are of rubble, … are covered with slates. The church, consisting of chancel and Nave, was built about the middle of the 12th century. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Fontmell Magna 11 FONTMELL MAGNA (8617) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 81 NE, ST 81 NW) The parish, covering some 3,200 acres, occupies a … W. the almost precipitous Chalk scarp stands 300 ft. high and has two dry re-entrant valleys cutting into it, Longcombe …
The Environs of London
… CRAY. Name. This place takes its name from the river Cray, and from Godwin Fot, its owner, in the reign of Edward the … seised of the manor of Foot's Cray in the year 1292 3. His son Roger appears to have had only a moiety of it; the … In 1346, this Sir Simon had one moiety, and the prior of St. Mary Overie the other; which had been Thomas de …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the 20th century gave its name first to an airfield and then to an open prison, lies on the west bank of the … in the Bohun family 19 as a member of Midhurst. 20 Anthony Bek, bishop of Durham, who died seised of a moiety of … 75 in 1990 services were held monthly in summer and on St. Andrew's day (30 November). 76 The church of ST. ANDREW, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 36 lying over four miles (7 km.) north of Newmarket and thirteen north-east of Cambridge, covered 4,204 a. until … village feast, traditionally celebrated for one day about St. Peter's feast (29 June) with showmen's stalls, swings, … from the 1830s, composing poems, often on rural life, from his youth onwards. He published two volumes, 1854-8, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hayward arranged in 1811-12 to pull down those almshouses and take their site, buying for the parish in exchange a plot … a house on Market Street bought in 1713 as a town house and bought in 1812 a house next to that given by Hayward. In … included the expelled vicar Stephen Hall (d. 1661), and his successor Hugh Floyd's daughter Jane (d. 1666: £10 for …
A History of the County of Essex
… Ellis gave to the poor 40 s. from the yearly interest on his £1,000 bequest to the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion …