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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The church is a plain ancient edifice, with a square tower. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and … Sanders, Esq., a curious edifice with a lofty handsome tower, having somewhat the appearance of a church; it was … high state of cultivation. It consists principally of one street, nearly half a mile in length; the houses are in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… than the 13th century but the irregular plan in which the tower and W. walls are now on a markedly different axis from … the nave of this stage is preserved on the E. face of the tower. The aisles were refenestrated and extended to the E. … the clearstorey was formed, the belfry stage of the tower added or rebuilt and the S.E. window in the chancel …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… built and the South Porch added; the upper part of the Tower was perhaps built at the same period. The church was … responds and moulded four-centred head. The Central Tower (11 ft. square) is of three stages with a plain … is cruciform and comprises Chancel, N. Vestry, Central Tower with stone broach spire, N. and S. Transepts, Nave with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the demesne farmstead beside a curving north-south street. 17 The street runs along a valley a little west of the floor, and at … 1732 and 1842, there were probably 25-30 houses beside the street in 1732 18 and most, including several built in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… stone slates. The late 14th or early 15th-century West Tower is the only surviving part of the old church; the nave … modern church was built. Architectural DescriptionThe West Tower (5 ft. by 7 ft.) is of late 14th or early 15th-century … low pyramidal roof and diagonal W. buttresses. The pointed tower-arch has chamfered reveals and is now blocked; set in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … barons in the celebrated battle of Evesham. In 1299, the street leading to the suburb of St. John's was destroyed by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… (26) Worcester College stands on the W. side of Stockwell Street. The walls are of local Oxfordshire stone and the … DescriptionThe Main Block of the college, facing Beaumont Street, was re-built between the years 1720 and 1786. The … up to the doorway. In the boundary-wall on Walton Street, immediately to the N. of the old N. range, is a …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… that thoverseers etc. The inhabitants of the Foregate Street and tithing of Whistones. Ref.110 BA1/1/27/85 (1617) …