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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 4 miles (W.) from Brandon-Ferry. The parish is bounded on the south by the Lesser Ouse, which separates it from the … Egbert has been commonly reputed its founder. Immediately on granting peace to the Danes, King Alfred, at the solicitation of his queen, Ealswitha, built a nunnery on the site of the palace, and transferred to it the thirteen …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 13 Wilton had the exclusive right of holding markets on three days a week, during which time no market was to be … it is evident that when markets were held in both places on the same day it was Salisbury which was able to capture … begins to bear its modern meaning. The county court, on the other hand, required the presence of neither the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and … are still defined by continuous hedge-lines. Oakley Farm on Oakley Down was a separate settlement within Monkton Up … into cellars by the construction of later terraces. The Commission first visited St. Giles's House in 1964 and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of Cambridge. It is bounded on the N. by the ancient track called Mare Way, on the W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either … and third were perhaps improved by Bridgeman c. 1721 as 'canals'. The Octagon (N.G. TL 337484, in the parish of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyndcaleton, and derived that name from its situation on the windings of the river Cale, by which it is bounded on the west. It was the scene of many sanguinary conflicts … it afterwards assumed. The town is pleasantly situated on the declivity of a hill rising gently from the river Cale, …
Survey of London
… extending from the precincts of St. Mary's Church on the east to the Manor of Paris Garden (the end of Bankside) on the west, for a payment of eight pounds a year. This land, … Davison. L.C.C. Minutes of the Surrey and Kent Sewer Commission, 21st October, 1640. P.R.O., L.C./2/1. Church …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… gabled above. This disposition can still be clearly seen on the south wall where the angle shafts of the dormers and … them. The wall was surmounted by a plain parapet supported on a corbel table. In 1874 the whole building was thoroughly … Ibid. p. 320. Ibid. 1651, p. 11. Ibid. p. 57. The Royal Commission for the Assizes has been executed in the Hall for …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… extended beyond the parliamentary boundary to include on the north, part of Abbot's Barton, which was added to the parish of St. Bartholomew Hyde; on the east, part of Chilcomb Without was amalgamated with the parish of Chilcomb Within; on the south, part of St. Faith Without 4 was joined to the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the actual early constitution of the borough. The light on its existence that should come from the Domesday Survey is … for his expenses in going to London to receive his commission for office, and in each compotus of the mayors … to assume extraordinary powers, arose in 1312, when a commission of oyer and terminer was issued concerning the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, … of 100 ft. The site is protected by easily defended slopes on the east and south, and has another slope towards the west … well have been spared. The new works were entrusted by a commission appointed to carry them into effect to Jeffrey …