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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It … the enclosure, the interior contains on the S.W. a later ditch 2 ft. deep, which cuts the back of the bank at the W. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … the jurisdiction of Broadwater manor, 92 but Broadwater's leet jurisdiction may have included Worthing. In the late …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … the hundred of Wotton, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of … king's books at 14. 6. 5.; net income, 198; patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is in the early English …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the hundred courtnamely, Isabel de Paunton in Glaston, the Bishop of Lincoln in Liddington, Stoke Dry, Snelleston and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 100; patron, the Bishop of Winchester. Wreigh-Hill WREIGH-HILL, a township, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) … about 100 yards N.E. of (22), has traces of an encircling ditch. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. … south and roughly doubled in size. Admaston, 'Eadmund's tun', 10 grew in the mid 18th century from a rural village …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … a sinecure, is valued at 31. 4. 4.: patron of both, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is an ancient structure, … and in the latter hamlet is a schoolroom licensed by the bishop, with a resident curate appointed by the Pastoral Aid …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… provided. An ambulance service was added to the hospital's facilities in 1917. 20 CHURCH. The inhabitants of … ecclesiastical parish in 1834. The patronage was the Crown's until 1887 when it was conveyed to the bishop of Lichfield, the patron in 1982. 26 The living …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Martyrs' Memorial and Church of England Trust, and the bishop of Lichfield, then became a joint patron of the united … About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … living was worth £300, in 1932 £346. 84 In 1351, when the bishop ordained the vicarage, Shrewsbury abbey undertook to …