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Magna Britannia
… Lady-day, the other for the same time at the festival of St. Barnabas. Jacoba, heiress of the Swinburns, brought this … it occupied part of the site of the Roman station near the church. 4 The manor of Nichol-forest belonging to Sir James … on account of their poverty, gave them the Hospital of St. Leonard, at Lancaster, with its revenues; this priory, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… houses, inhabited by genteel families of fortune. The church stands at the east end of it, and adjoining to the … alienated it in 1783 to David Orme, esq. of Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgatestreet, London, M. D. Robert Dingley, … of the law, and dying unmarried in 1793, was buried in St. Mary Aldermary church, in Bow-lane. He had devised this, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… parish are of some interest. The Croft, south-west of the church, retains a little of its 17th-century timber-framing, … the present Chapel Farm at Marston Green. A new chapel of St. Leonard, Marston Green, was built in the 19th century and … given in 1347 by Nicholas de Leecroft to the chapel of St. Leonard in Marston Culy to found a chantry for the soul …
A History of the County of Somerset
… on Old Twelfth Night continued at least until 1870. 21 Church and village meetings in the 19th century were held in … 150 It was increased in 1774 when 21 a. in the parish of St. John, Glastonbury, were purchased. Some of that land was … endowed lights in the church by 1530 including one called St. Saviour's light. 170 The church of ST. GEORGE, of local …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in that of Milton, and division of East Kent; but the church and village being situated in the former part of it, … year, granted it, among other premises, to the abbey of St. Mary Graces, on Tower-hill, then founded by him, by whom … deanry of Sittingborne. The church, which is dedicated to St. James the Apostle, consists of a nave and two side isles, …
Magna Britannia
… from the custody of the county gaol. In the parish church is the monument of Dennis Rolle, Esq. who died in … on Monday and a fair for five days at the festival of St. Margaret were granted, in 1271, to Richard de Grenville. … fair for three days at the festival of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, was granted to Henry Tracey in 1259. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at Bounds. He died in 1706, and was buried in Sutton church, leaving by Elizabeth his wife, only daughter of Dr. … and the remaining 6s. to be disposed of, 2s. to each church-warden, and 2s. to the clerk. The same estate is … and deanry of Malling. The church is dedicated to St. Laurence, there are no memorials in it. It is a rectory, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… others in the Weald, the town of Biddenden, having the church and parsonage on the western side of it, stands rather … and Standen. There is a fair, formerly held on the day of St. Simon and St. Jude, now on Nov. 8, for Welsh cattle chiefly, and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… in the centre of the parish, is very picturesque, with the church of St. James in a western district known as Church End. In a … ribbons through the village, singing a hymn in honour of St. Agatha. All the unmarried young women who meet the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… crossed the Avon by a ford just to the east of the church, and its northward course is still marked by a lane … but not the manorial rights. Church The parish church of ST. LAWRENCE consists of a chancel with a north vestry and … of the tithe in demesne had been granted to the College of St. Mary Warwick by Roger, Earl of Warwick, its founder; 155 …