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A History of the County of Oxford
… Charlton and Fencott this road follows the line of the Church Way mentioned in 1469, 6 and crosses the Ray by a … the villagers were subsequently concerned in the events of St. Giles' Fair day, and in the formation of the Otmoor … Adeline and her daughter Adelize granted the manor to St. vroul Abbey in Normandy. Between 1190 and 1204 42 Robert, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… evidently preserved the pre-Reformation inscription on the church (see church). Another curious trace of ancient manners … it at some distance from the church a chapel of ease, St. Michael and All Angels, was built in 1868. It is of brick … is made of a fair which was held annually on the feast of St. James, the profits of which belonged to the lord of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… hops. Just above the summit of the hill is the village and church, with Chart-place adjoining to the church-yard; beyond which northward the soil becomes less … a very small distance from Sutton Valence, is dedicated to St. Michael. This church has been twice set on fire by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… built round a green, called Charthamgreen, having the church and parsonage on the south side of it. On this green … Mrs. Bridges, of Canterbury, and William Hammond, esq. of St. Alban's, in this county. About a mile west from Densted, … and Petham. There is a fair annually held at Chartham on St. Peter's day, June 29. Plan of Chartham Downs On the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the chalk cliff on the north side of the town between the church and the river; this is usually called the Old Dock, … point in a direct line south-westward to the windmill near St. Margaret's church in Rochester, and the gate of … 1767, conveyed it, with other estates in this parish, and St. Margaret's in Rochester, to Benjamin Hatley Foote, esq. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… parishes on the north of the Downs. The old village and church are on the Woolwich Sand, and the extremities of the … manors, in which it became merged. CHURCH The church of ST. DUNSTAN, erected in 1864, stands on a new site to the … a piece of canopy work with the upper part of a figure of St. John the Evangelist with the poisoned cup. On the reverse …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and standing near the railway station are the rectory and church on high ground, surrounded by trees. There is a … virgate in Cheddington and 'Leving, a man of the Abbot of St. Albans,' held half a hide. 34 At the Domesday Survey both … became absorbed in the manor. CHURCH The church of ST. GILES consists of a chancel measuring internally 20 ft. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… than a hamlet of Carlton, and is so called in 12789. 2 The church of St. Nicholas stands by itself on Chellington Hill, in a field … property of Mr. Trevor Wingfield. 21 CHURCH The church of ST. NICHOLAS has a chancel 20 ft. by 14 ft. 6 in., a nave 40 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at a small distance westward is the court lodge and the church, and at a like distance eastward, the parsonage. The … Domina de Chilefeld is mentioned in the Chartulary of St. Radigund's abbey, near Dover, as having been a benefactor … licence for a market here, and a fair on the feast of St. James the apostle, and free warren in all his demesne …
A History of the County of Surrey
… owned by Mr. Charles Leveson-Gower of Titsey Place. CHURCH The church of ST. LEONARD stands in a solitary position on a steeply rising … 1733. The registers date from 1669. ADVOWSON The church of St. Leonard has long been a chapel of Warlingham Church. …