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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Bitton BITTON (29 miles S.W. of Cirencester) Romano-British occupation has been … was found built into the Norman masonry of the church (ST 68206935), and pottery, coins and tesserae have come from … brooches and coins have been reported in Congrove (ST 710698). 2 Coffins, possibly Roman, have been found in a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… time, widows especially. It may be that the black 'widow's weeds' conveyed a message of unavailability in the marriage … of all the ladies in town' [Diaries (Pepys)]. !n 1751 Aris's Birmingham Gazette, and no doubt other provincial papers … mercer [Inventories (1643)], who had black caps among his ST MARTINS WARE along with MASKs, an association that is also …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Marlborough, whose successors also rented Christ Church's estate, and thus became effective lords of the whole … descended with d'Ivri's lands presumably to Reynold of St Valery (d. 1163), passing thereafter with the honor of St Valery and later with that of Ewelme. Lords of the latter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… retained burial rights until the 1580s. The benefice's relative poverty ensured that the church was served usually … was a vicarage. 6 By 1743 the church was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin; its medieval dedication is unknown. 7 In … gradually declined. Church Architecture The church of St Mary the Virgin 53 is of coursed limestone rubble with …
A Dictionary of London
… Court" (q.v.) seems to occupy part of the site in the O.S. etc. The site is now covered by Mark Lane Station. Name … site of the monastery comprised the small parish church of St. Ann, the splendid coventual church, the churchyard and … work were brought to light between Friar Street and St. Anne's churchyard (Lond. Topog. Rec. I. 1). Black Horse …
A Dictionary of London
… and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward. See Roper's Buildings. Black Lion Court In Old Change (P.C. 1732-Boyle, … Yard See Black Lyon Yard, Stoney Lane. Black Lion Yard, St. Thomas Apostle Near St. Thomas Apostle in 1634 (L. and P. Chas. I. 1634-5, p. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Black Notley 8. BLACK NOTLEY. (F.a.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. N.W. (b)xxxiv. N.E. (c)xxv. S.W.). Black … important monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul stands W. of the village. The walls are of flint and …
Survey of London
… as Lambeth Butts, is divided into five sections on Horwood's map (179199 edition) known as Broad Street, Lambeth Butts, … Road were renamed Black Prince Road in 1939. The Church of St. Mary the Less In 1827 the Church Building Commissioners … ground, for the erection of a parochial chapel attached to St. Mary's, Lambeth. 280 On this ground, at the corner of …
A Dictionary of London
… Black Spread Eagle (The) Or Stationers House against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet Street, 1653 (H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 459). … Name derived from the sign. Black Swan Alley South out of St. Paul's Churchyard at No. 21, to 7 Little Carter Lane, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Blackauton - Blackwall Blackauton (St. Michael) BLACKAUTON ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Dartmouth; …