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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S. boundary of Dorchester across the South Winterborne and on to the N. slopes of the S. Dorset Ridgeway. It lies on … it was included in the parish of Winterborne Farringdon, and thereafter until the late 19th century in Winterborne … Herringston, a house containing notable plasterwork and panelling, is the principal monument. Secular (1) …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chalk, which is overlaid by extensive areas of gravels and sands in its higher parts, especially in the S. on … in the parish, Martinstown in the centre, Ashton in the E. and Rew (not recorded as such until 1283, but probably much … prehistoric earthwork in Britain. The complex structure and history of the monument, from the Neolithic to the Late …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… NW) The parish lies in the valley of the Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 … Abbas parish included the W. part of Whitechurch village, and the parish church thus stood outside its own parish. … in the W. part of the village. The walls are of flint and rubble with ashlar dressings, and of banded flint and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just … The alterations made under the county Review Order of 1933 and the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature of the Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted … The burgesses were given the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild property in socage, and were licensed to acquire further property up to £100 in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… men' were to meet on the first Tuesday in every month, and once a year were to dine together 'at such place as … consent'. The cost of the dinner was to be 4 d. per head 'and no more', payable whether the burgess was present or not. … meeting, intermediate between the meetings of the 'ten' and the election meeting on 1 November at which every …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… expenditure of only 3 s. 3 d., which included bread, beer, and a fire in the common hall, was incurred. 92 After the … more elaborate. 93 In 1671 £2 13 s. 6 d. was spent on wine and 3 s. 10 d. on beer, as well as 37 s. 6 d. for eatables and 12 s. 4 d. for tobacco and pipes 'for one whole year. 94 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and … both demesne and free rents were only two of the several signs of decay in the manor by the 15th century. The total …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was … sharp. There were traces indicating boarded floors. Many signs of burning suggested destruction by fire. The few finds …