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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… on the N. border of the county 6 m. N.W. of Appleby. The church and Newbiggin Hall are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Edmund stands in the W. part of the parish. The … The North Chapel was added early in the 16th century. The church was repaired in 1804 and is said to have been re-built …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (SP 524368; Fig. 82 and 88), lies around the now isolated church, vicarage and manor house, on land sloping W. on … village earthworks. There is some uneven ground S. of the church and vicarage, but parts of this are shallow quarries …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 120; patron and impropriator, W. R. Cartwright, Esq. The church is of various dates, with a tower of the 15th century: … 230; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church, partly rebuilt and considerably enlarged in 1827, at … place, and at his own charge built part of the parochial church, in which he was interred in 1519. During the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… length of the village is not less than a mile; and a church has been erected in that portion situated in the parish of Eglwysilan, with the aid of a grant from the Church Commissioners. There are several places of worship for … is generally pleasing, and from the eminence on which the church is situated is a fine view, including the influx of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… brethren the lands of Balchrystie, where they erected a church, the foundations of which are supposed to have been … about twenty-two acres, valued at 30 per annum. The church, which is well situated, was built in 1815; it is a … 11th of May. A chapel, now in connexion with the parish church of King-Edward, was purchased by subscription of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… down, together with the adjoining shop on the corner of Church Street which had formed one of the two gabled … present inn of that name is a later building standing in Church Street. The 'Globe' first appears in Red Lion Square … the Unitarian Meeting House north-west of St. Giles's Church (1717), 34 the former Wesleyan Chapel above Lower …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as compared with the surrounding Pottery villages, its church from the mid-13th century until the beginning of the 19th was a chapel dependent upon the church of Stoke-upon-Trent. Secondly, from an early period … that year on the death of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, the church of Stoke with Newcastle and other chapels was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… own, and shops were not to be opened at the times of church services. Two wardens were to be appointed yearly. The … and also to provide a light before St. Mary's altar in the church of St. Giles. 19 There seems also to have been a guild … agreed to allow the smiths to maintain a light in the church as had been their former custom. 20 MARKETS and FAIRS. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… contain sandstone once used for building (e.g. St. Giles's church tower), 3 clays and marls, and ironstone, which have … it was the site of a primitive market. 33 The medieval church of St. Giles on its hill above the castle provided … the Guildhall 'a fair reasonable town house', but the church 'neither fair nor handsome'. 43 A plan made in 1691 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the rents and profits for the maintenance of their church minister and for the relief of the poor. While … free for life on condition that he provided ropes for the church bells and clock. Again, in 1614 Humphrey Liversage, … liberties so long as they maintained the windows of the church, school house, and steeple in sufficient repair, for …