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A History of the County of Oxford
… the land rises sharply to form a cliff on which stand the church and the manor-house. The soil consists largely of … granted a licence to alienate Clifton and other manors to St. Mary's College, Winchester. 69 The college administered … manor for life to John Delabere, clerk, later Bishop of St. David's (144760). 74 When he died the manor reverted to …
A History of the County of Worcester
… bend of the Worcester road lies the village, containing St. Kenelm's Church and the vicarage, with the school to the west, 4 and … Kyngesfeld, 28 Bynglond, Dorfold Grove 29 (xv cent.); St. Mary's Close, Litwall, Copallfields (now corrupted into …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Rather less than mile east of the railway station is the church, round which lies the village, with the road from … by the Duchess of Buccleuch. 94 Churches The church of ST. MARY consists of a chancel, north vestry, nave, north and … 4 and the churchwardens' accounts in 1806. The church of ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, Brownsover, consists of a chancel …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… It was waste: Raph held it. There was a fourth Part of a Church, 1 and eight Acres of Meadow. In the Saxon Times the … and Kelum. 4 There were two Fines levied in the Octaves of St. John Baptist, 22 H. 6. in the same words, except the … Clifton, I judge, is less 16 The church is dedicated to St. George, and stands between the villages. It makes a …
A History of the County of Rutland
… side of the Stretton Road. The road halfway between the church and the Stretton Road, and parallel to it, was … Archdeacon Robert Johnson in 1618. 52 Church The church of ST. MARY consists of chancel 27 ft. 3 in. by 13 ft. 6 in., … with Roger la Zouche, founded a chantry in the chapel of St. Nicholas in the church of Clipsham. 76 At the dissolution …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Nottingham, and Rotington, and the Advowson of the Church of Rotington, thereby settled on the said Richard, and … the Advowson of the Chantry, or free Chapel there, called St. John's Chapel. 14 This Lordship was purchased by Sir …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and upon this, a half-mile from the village, the old church is conspicuously placed at a height of 279.6 ft. above … of the small Benedictine priory of Beaulieu, a cell of St. Albans Abbey. The farm buildings are comparatively modern … Isabella the eldest sister brought her share to Hugh de St. Croix, by whom she had a son Peter; she married secondly …
A History of the County of Hertford
… It is a district of scattered farms and homesteads. The church, with the rectory and schools, lies to the south-east … evidently at one time the property of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalene. 12 Farther south a larger wood shelters … by the River Beane and its tributaries. The hospital of St. Mary Magdalene was founded by Sir Hugh de Clothall, kt., …
Magna Britannia
… phy sicians, who died there in 1806. Bassano's volume of Church Notes describes the tomb of William Inskip, at Clown, … in 1350, by Sir William de Wakebridge, in honour of St. Nicholas and St. Catherine; and another, founded in 1361, by Sir William …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Avon. Another, rising about mile south-west of the parish church, supplied Wootton Bassett with water from the later … younger son Thomas, who was founder of the Beluncle (Hoo, St. Werburgh, Kent) branch of the Cobham family. 77 The date … manor seems to have been leased by the Anniversarian of St. Swithun's Priory (see above) for terms including one of …