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Magna Britannia
… over great part of the adjoining mountains. In the parish church is an ancient grave-stone of the Highmore family, and … daughter of Charles Highmore, Esq. of Armathwaite. In the church-yard are memorials of the families of Story and Spedding. The church of Bassenthwaite, which lies in the diocese of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… poll-tax. 11 In the 1490s 85100 people subscribed for new church bells, and in 1524 84 paid the subsidy. 12 There were … by a slight gap in 1977. The road to North End, called Church Street by 1440, 25 runs past the church and the site of Richmonds manor house. Somewhat west …
A History of the County of Surrey
… east bank of Battersea Reach, where is situated the parish church and where was the manor-house. Directly south was the … been formedviz. St. George, Nine Elms, in 1853; Christ Church, Battersea Park, in 1861; St. John, in 1863; St. … Road, in 1886; and the ecclesiastical districts of the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, in 1871; All Saints, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… were placed the parish stocks is still pointed out. The church and rectory are situated within Battlesden Park, the … and meadows in Battlesden and Chalgrave worth 3 5 s. 47 CHURCH The church of ST. PETER AND ALL SAINTS is a small aisleless …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Domesday Survey. However, it was probably granted to the church of Winchester as part of Hurstbourne Priors (q.v.) by … of it in 1298. 21 It is now represented by Ham Farm. Church The church of ST. STEPHEN is a modern building erected in 1845 on …
A History of the County of Warwick
… here the ground slopes down to c. 400 ft. at Baxterley Church, near the western edge of the parish. From the common one road runs approximately west to the church, and another south-west to Old Baxterley Hall, on the … on the south side of the road about mile east of the church has walls of red sand-stone rubble, timber-framing in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1 and achieved full parish status in the 1790s when its church became independent of Ramsbury church. 2 The parish is shaped like an hourglass. Its … Walrond's Farm, Baydon House Farm, and Paine's Farm. The church, the former vicarage house, and the school are north …
A History of the County of Hertford
… brick chimney-shafts, and is now weather-boarded. The church stands in an isolated position about a quarter of a … J. P. Bayford Hall, a short distance north-west of the church, is the residence of Admiral Alexander Plantagenet … Bayford and was partly held of the manor of Bayford. 74 CHURCH The church of ST. MARY stands about a quarter of a …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the Cleobury Mortimer road reaching a height of 700 ft. at Church Hill, otherwise known as Colliers Hill. The village … picturesquely disposed on the roads to the east of the church. At the crossroads, near the post office, is an early … house known as 'Coneybury,' to which Mill Ground adjoins. CHURCH The church of ST. BARTHOLOMEW consists of a chancel 26 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… indicates a period of prosperity at that time. The church stands in the south-western angle of the crossing. In … visitation promised to amend his ways. 4 Within the church is a tablet to the statesman Edmund Burke. He lived at … during Lent. 126 In 1637 their family pew in Beaconsfield Church was said to be too high and had to be taken down a …