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A History of the County of Essex
… which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the … is that a crocodile escaped from Richard I's menagerie in the Tower of London and caused much damage in … a monk, told of a dragon who threatened Richard Waldegrave's territory near Sudbury but fled into the Mere when pursued. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Wormley 148. WORMLEY. (O.S. 6 in. xxxvi. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of … wife, eight sons and four daughters, a shield with arms of Tooke impaling Woodliffe, and inscription, c. 1590: of Edmond … arms of Sheere impaling Gardiner: to Anne, wife of George Tooke, 1642. Plate: includes a flagon of 1625, and a pewter …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … liturgical documents surviving from the period only Egbert's Pontifical has any direct link with York but this comprises … hours and improve the music in the church. Æthelberht's new basilica, consecrated in 780, with its apsidal chapels …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small … Amendment Act, 4 Geo. IV, c. 27 (Local and Personal). W.S.R.O., PHA 3263. Gardner, Suss. Map (1795). MPL 21(2); W.S.R.O., Add. MS. 460; W.C.A. Blew, Brighton and its Coaches …
A History of the County of Sussex
… weekly payments. 7 A new schoolroom, classroom, and master's house were built in Richmond Road c. 1834, 8 and c. 1847 … to the Revd. W. Davison (d. 1852). The Davison school's average attendance was 120 in 1862 when there was also a … school was the Christ Church church hall. The St. George's National school for boys, girls, and infants was opened in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … the jurisdiction of Broadwater manor, 92 but Broadwater's leet jurisdiction may have included Worthing. In the late …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the … Within. First mention: Lockie, 1810. Former name: "Clark's Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). In Stow's time there …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. … south and roughly doubled in size. Admaston, 'Eadmund's tun', 10 grew in the mid 18th century from a rural village …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … in 1397-8 and 1413-14. 67 The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was … divided) were occupied by 35 cottagers, 12 of them at Pain's Lane. By the early 18th century smallholdings probably …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… That year £50 was spent on repairs, a deficit of £47 4 s. 3½ d. being met by the rector, who owned the master's house; his salary was £27 2 s. 10 d. The first master served at least 26 years. 12 The …