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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … of which, with the augmentation of the artillery, whose head-quarters were fixed here, the institution of the Royal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the … window and, below it, the moulded jambs and two-centred head of the late 14th or 15th-century W. doorway. The South …
The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … know not what became of it immediately after Lady Hastings's death. Philipott says, that the Boughtons sold it to the … and the augmentation of the artillery, who have their head-quarters at this place. The present number of houses in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to … chamfered, the inner chamfer being hollow. There is one head stop to the label on each side, set over the E. pier. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wootton Fitzpaine 96 WOOTTON FITZPAINE (A.d.) (O.S. 6 in. ( a)XXVII, S.E. ( b)XXVIII, S.W. ( c)XXXVI, N.E. ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) … trefoiled ogee lights with net-tracery in a two-centred head with moulded labels and head-stops. In the N. wall is a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was … north is overlain by clay-with-flints. 99 An intermittent head stream of the Christchurch Avon flows from north-east to … opened fully in 1810. 6 A wharf, a lock, and a lock keeper's house were built immediately south of the village, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wootton, North 97 WOOTTON, NORTH (E.b.) (O.S. 6 in. XII, N.W.) North Wootton is a small parish 1 m. S.E. of Sherborne. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church Of St. … blocked; set in the blocking is a doorway with a modern head and a triangular rear-arch. The W. window is of one …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… buildings of the college are the ranges of Camerae on the S. of the site built at various times in the 15th century and … till after 1786. The new N. Range with the Provost's Lodgings at the W. end was built between 1753 and 1776. In … all now blocked, and a blocked doorway with a two-centred head; another doorway, probably modern, has moulded jambs and …