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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a compact parish covering 1,513 acres, lies at the head of the South Winterborne valley 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, capped in places with … initials C.R. and date 1661, frame inscribed 'feare God Honour the King'. Stoup: In navein N. wall, square projecting …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased … in 1933. 42 In 1232-3 William de Lirling held, of the honour of Wormegay, 43 1 fee in Larling, Rushworth (Norf.), …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … Together they stretch about 4 miles along the old course of the Nene, and are locally considered, probably with truth, … descended. Upwell first figures individually in the Honour of Wormegay at the death of Hugh Bardolf in 1304, when …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, on the … of Carthusians in England, was founded by Henry II., in honour of the Blessed Virgin, St. John the Baptist, and All …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de Bethum (125156), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it … Ifield (d. 1587) had at least one man-servant and two maids, 222 while a chandler's house in 1616 contained a maids' and a boys' chamber. 223 Witney Ct. Bks. p. lxiii; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from … structure; in the 14th century it contained a chantry in honour of St. Nicholas, also a chantry dedicated to St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … which had gone to decay. A Benedictine nunnery in honour of the Virgin Mary, was founded here in the time of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … and endowed it with so many privileges that the town, in honour of Wulfruna, was called Wulfrunis Hamton, whence its …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the … Thomas Lord Middleton, his brother. who succeeded to the honour and estate, was married in April the 7, 1770, to …