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A History of the County of Oxford
… Pembroke College PEMBROKE COLLEGE Architectural History Pembroke College, founded in 1624, was the direct … the way for the satisfaction of Pembroke's ambitions. History of the College Broadgates Hall, like most of the … growth of the common rooms. Nothing is known of the early history of the common-room, except the existence of the …
Survey of London
… The window on the south side has been enlarged. In the Victoria and Albert Museum is Sir Wm. Chambers' original …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a parish, in the hundred of Castlemartin, union and county of Pembroke, South Wales, 1 mile (S. W. by W.) from … which is situated at the south-eastern extremity of the county, and on the shore of the Bristol Channel, comprises a … of ancient encampments; but nothing is recorded of their history, nor are there any vestiges of them remaining. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the division of Trelleck, hundred of Raglan, union and county of Monmouth, 1 mile (S. E. by S.) from Monmouth; … was constituted in January 1846, under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37: the church has not yet been built. The … circles. Dr. William Borlase, author of the Natural History and Antiquities of Cornwall, was born here. Pendeford …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… - Perth Pencaitland PENCAITLAND, a parish, in the county of Haddington, including the hamlet of Nisbet, and … miles in breadth; it is in the most westerly part of the county, and is bounded on the north by the parish of … banished during one of the most eventful periods in the history of the Scottish Church; and the Rev. Robert Douglas, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Penkridge Economic history, churches, schools and charities Economic history, … Hall, the Hall Farm, and the Grange were bought by the County Council which in 1921 opened the Staffordshire Farm … acres, one-third of which was arable land. 51 In 1919 the County Council acquired 242 acres of the Stables farm and the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… with the present civil parish of Penkridge. The history of Coppenhall and Dunston will follow that of the … south-west of the Hall were being used as stores by the County Council Agricultural Executive Committee. Pillaton … of the hundred in the 17th century 59 and of the county by 1830 when it was described as old but in good …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a parish, in the union of Cardiff, hundred of Dinas-Powys, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 6 miles (S. E.) from … The parish is situated in the south-eastern part of the county, and on the Bristol Channel, which bounds it on the … union of Bangor and Beaumaris, hundred of Tyndaethwy, county of Anglesey, North Wales, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from …
Survey of London
… It is perhaps more for its social than its architectural history that Pennyfields merits recording. Sited at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… December 1846, under the provisions of the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37. It is bounded on the north by the sea, and … held on alternate Tuesdays; and a quarter-session for the county, on the Tuesday in the first week after October 11th. … established within the last few years, chiefly for natural history; many foreign and native specimens have been …