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A History of the County of Middlesex
… an early Anglo-Saxon place-name derived from the Old English words for chalk and a landing-place, the last … was becoming common. Cheyne Walk c. 1840, from the Old Church looking east to Cadogan Pier This Article was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… his wife. The tower, which was rebuilt in 1810 on the old foundations, except that the east wall was set further … west, is of little architectural merit. The jambs of the old east arch of the tower remain in a damaged condition, … formerly presented to various churches within the old parish, Wavertree, Woolton, &c., but this patronage has …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… modern window of three trefoiled lights at the east and an old one of four lights at the west end. The aisle extends 6 … of stone steps, was enlarged in 1863. It contains an old yew tree and a stone sundial dated 1708, inscribed with … episcopacy the minister's stipend would be reduced to its old amount, but in 1720 his income was certified as 36 13 s. …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… He was taken from England when he was only eleven years old, and the Order therefore had him to themselves, to shape …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… will have eventually been made, by which such of the old Swynnerton estates in Cheshire as were inherited by …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… a warden, four chaplains, two clerks, and thirteen infirm old men. After the death of the said Isabel, the patronage of …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… an only son and heir Robert, who was but sixteen months old at the time of his father's death. The wardship of Robert …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to call a village, a number of houses, including the old hall, are ranged along the road. The Midland Railway … never returned. 2 To the county lay of 1624, based on the old 'fifteenth,' Claughton paid 5 16 s. 10 d. when the … The lord's rents, free fishery, mines and minerals, the old hall and the advowson of the church were included in the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the parish is chiefly agricultural, though there are old-established silk mills at Galgate. The following table 8a … at the angles, the exterior, together with that of the old chancel, having been covered originally with rough-cast, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… locally as 'the Princess,' and as she was named after the Old Pretender's wife, Maria Clementina Sobieski, it was … of a large number of proprietors. Colton Hall, or the Old Hall at Bouth, at one time held by a branch of the Sandys … tower on the south side. The roof was renewed, but all the old windows were left in their original positions except one …