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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.E.) North Ockendon is a parish 5 m. S.E. of Romford. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene stands about the middle of the … chancel arch, were re-built and the West Tower added. The church has been drastically restored in modern times, when …
Survey of London
… and W. Horn to Jo. and Katherine Nayler. To the east of Church Close. Close Roll, 13 James I. (2275). History of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… main focus of settlement in 1066 as the site of a minster church. 73 A second, pre-Conquest focus may have been St. … from Clavelshay and the Quantocks to Petherton park. The church, there by the late 12th century, 84 occupies what may … North Petherton village seems to have developed around the church which stands on sloping ground above a stream. Land …
A History of the County of Somerset
… North Petherton Churches CHURCHES. North Petherton church was probably a minster of royal foundation. Chedzoy, … the king's clerk, afterwards bishop of Chester, held the church in 1066, and his nephew Ranulph succeeded to the income from the church on Peter's death c. 1084. 4 King Stephen gave a church …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 69 and may have been that belonging to North Petherton church in 1235. 70 By the 18th century there was a malt mill …
A History of the County of Somerset
… at parents' expense or by charities. There was also a church Sunday school with 150 pupils, held in a cottage; a … vicar, J.J. Toogood, established, as a continuation of the church Sunday school, a day school which was later affiliated … The building, on two floors, stood immediately west of the church c. 1837. 97 By 1846 there were as many as 193 children …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1718 a parish meeting held in the chancel of the parish church drew up a list of orders for parish government, church maintenance, and poor relief. Among particular … then the only lodging for paupers was probably the former church house, 92 known by 1709 as the poorhouse. It was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… gone by 1770. 34 Lands of St. Mary's chantry in the parish church were sold in 1550 to men probably acting for Sir Roger … have been the house called Newton Place in 1776 32 and now Church Farm House, east of North Newton church. It has cob walls and the roof at the east end is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Down in 1869 65 and remained open as a United Reformed church in 1984. The schoolroom was rebuilt in 1922. 66 In … district. 68 The chapel, south-west of North Newton church, had closed by 1972 69 and was later taken over for … was recorded at Northmoor Corner and the Somerset Bridge church had 51 members. 72 The chapel stood immediately …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Shoebury is a small parish 3 m. E.N.E. of Southend. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary (Plate, p. xxxii) stands on the W. side of … of Reigate and other limestone; the roofs are tiled. The church was built during the course of the 13th century, …