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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in linen of a very fine texture, burnt bones, beads of red amber, a metal pin, and a two-edged lance-head of brass, … unvaried; the soil is chiefly a strong loam, on clay and red-sandstone. The road from Warrington to Newton passes … dedication of the church to St. Oswald. The remains of a cross, of great antiquity, exist in the churchyard. The free …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… is a stone carved with a pentangle. On the N. end of the cross-wing are the initials W.M. On the E. side is a square …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… found on them. On the higher ground behind the existing cottages is a further group of ditched and scarped enclosures …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the castle, on leaving which the king attempting to cross the Wash at an improper time, lost all his carriages, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Mary. Fendyke Bank, the great bank stretching from Cloughs Cross on the Lincolnshire border southwards to Guyhirn, is … a Trinity shield, and a shield with three chalices on a red ground. The oak pulpit, which is dated 1677, has shallow … are exhibited in Wisb. Mus. Dugd. Mon. ii, 600-1, quoting Red Bk. of Thorney, f. 11. The authenticity of Wulfhere's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… intended for 'Haustede' (see below). Bk. of Fees, 6289; Red Bk. of Exch. (Rolls ser.), 526. B.M. Cott. MSS. Tib. B. … 504. Beauford House is situated a few yards south of the cross-roads in the centre of Friday Bridge village. C.P. 25 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… paying £9 1 s. 2½ d. There were then 22 messuages or cottages. 34 The holdings of the Prior of Ely, in his own … is an 18th-century text and border. There is the base of a cross in the churchyard near the porch. The Swaine chapel, … to the image of the Virgin Mary of Aldenhale a golden cross enclosing some particles of the Holy Cross. Fenland N. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… this bank beginning at Tydd Gote and extending to Bevis Cross in Wisbech ought to be kept 15 ft. high and 6 ft. wide … with the manor house, 34 messuages, 2 tenements, and 2 cottages. The principal owners were the lord of the manor, … the same time the font was removed from the centre of the cross aisles to the south aisle, a new heating apparatus was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… granted to William de Cryketot. He died in 1299 holding 4 cottages, 4 acres of land, and 27 of marsh of Sir Hugh … of the same name, formerly called Brimstone Hill, 54 is a red brick structure with stone facings and tiled roofs. It … Christ crowned with thorns, and the Descent from the Cross. The former is a copy of a painting by Holman Hunt. The …