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Alumni Oxonienses
… Index Ecclesiasticus. Peake, William s. William, of Norton-upon-Soar, Notts, pleb. p.p. Magdalen Coll., matric. 14 Nov., … 1688, LL.D. Lambeth 23 June, 1712; vicar of Ermington with Kingston, Devon, 1684-95, and rector of Cheriton Bishop, … and practiced at Barmston (s. Richard, vicar of Hessle-cum-Hull 1621, and canon of York); one of the preachers in York …
Old and New London
… unites the two thoroughfares, and has long been built upon. The Manor House of Peckham, which occupied a central … inhabitants, not only of this district, but by thousands upon thousands whose life is principally spent amidst City … road to Forest Hill and Sydenham, is a hill with an oak upon its summit, called the "Oak of Honour:" at present …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… (ed. 1750, pp. 44, 45) says that he spent over 5,000 upon the building. The old Chapel was not converted into the … in 1712 the College decided to expend Mr. Banckes' legacy upon refacing the side of Old Court to Trumpington Street … Library, the original Chapel, but the order was rescinded upon strong representations from G. G. Scott. New ranges in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… scholar to a fellowship 'who shall have brought discredit upon the Society by having been refused a 'Testamur' at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Castle, and, in the 1st year of Henry IV., was bestowed upon John de Windesor; but soon after reverting to the crown, … The parish abounds with limestone, which is quarried upon an extensive scale, part being exported to the coast of … 136. The church, dedicated to St. Augustine, stands upon a rocky promontory at the mouth of the harbour, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… PENKHULL, a township, in the parish and union of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the … second is a noted horsefair. Races are held in September, upon a course on the north side of the town. The … court is held by the Duke of Sutherland's agent, to decide upon encroachments on Penn-Wood common. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the village consists of sand and gravelly earth resting upon sandstone and schistus; but in other parts clay is … while the mills constituted a government depôt. It has upon it the following inscription, Grata quies patri, sed, et … with a complement of four men each, are usually employed upon the station. In the rocks of Pennan is a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and Joan Duncalfe in 1624, the interest to be distributed upon Good Friday, 5 from John Langford in 1626, 10 from …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… for the protection of a portion of the territories which, upon the conquest of this part of the principality, that … and the town-hall of Birmingham, for the erection of which upon a magnificent scale the proprietor generously gave a … south-eastern part of the county, and the village stands upon a gentle eminence beneath craggy mountains of …