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A History of the County of Lancaster
… west 17 walls in 1822, while a further general repair took place in 1873. 18 The chancel roof is stone slated, the … was for a brief period succeeded by James Smith, whose place was filled by Edmund (or Edward) Lowe on the … a godly, studious preaching minister, who came into that place [the vicarage] by the free election of the people and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… been built up and a narrow single light inserted in its place. The top of the tower was entirely rebuilt in 1903, and … registers 8 begin in 1681. Advowson From the name of the place it is probable that there was a church here in the nth … a Kirkby was used as a surname about 1150, so that as a place-name it must be much earlier. Furness Couch. (Chet. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Gervase Clifton's of Plumpton, aa is said, is set apart a place or chapel for Romanists, but since Mr. Hughson's abode … a relic of anything sufficiently old or curious about the place to detain a topographer'; Richmondshire, ii, 436. The … the vicar 'as he ought to be, the first person in the place.' He procured the rebuilding of the church (the cost …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… There are also evidences of some building having taken place in the 13th century 223 in a moulded base placed upside … was completed, 224 but many alterations have taken place in the interior during the 18th and 19th centuries. The … in a ruinous state was renewed in 1824. Great changes took place in the interior of the building during the early part …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Bridge Lane. 5 The ancient crosses found by the church, place-names, and traces of defence works show the … the Conqueror or his son,judged Lancaster the proper place to be the seat of his lordship; there he built his … but the original capitals have disappeared, and their place is occupied by large octagonal ones of early …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… arcade of the nave is a brass plate, marking the burial place of Henry Travice of Light Oakes, 1626, who founded a … to that occupied by the old chapel, and enclosing the place where the pews and burial places of Roger Bradshaw, … commissioners to 'see the queen's proceedings take place.' Henry Brown was afterwards reproached with having …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… cotton manufacture and other industries found a resting-place, though agriculture occupies most of the land, and the … long Latin inscriptions, 19 now much worn, marking the place of burial of Robert Charnock (d. 1670), and of Roger …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a 13th-century stone crucifix found at the same time and place as the fragment of the Norman doorway, the lower part … There is, however, no monument or inscription to mark the place. In 1898 Canon Grenside erected on the north wall a … de Roda, papal chaplain, was provided to the rectory in place of Gregory Giudice of Alatri, papal treasurer, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Some years before the surrender of the abbey, which took place in 1538, the site of the manor with a dove-cote and a …