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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… hills in it, a light soil of both sand and gravel. The church stands in the eastern part of the parish, having … formerly called chapels, the south one being dedicated to St. John, and the north one to the Virgin Mary. The steeple, … very early times part of the possessions of the priory of St. Mary Overies, in Southwark, with which it continued till …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and fertile grounds. The town of Gravesend, having the church on the west side of it, lies on a descent towards the … are chosen from the jurats yearly, on the Monday after St. Michael, and the eldest jurat is usually elected a … loss, king Richard II. granted to the abbot and convent of St. Mary Graces, that the inhabitants of Gravesend and Milton …
A History of the County of Essex
… area of the town extended no farther north than the church. 13 Bridge Road and Argent Street already existed, … High Street and New Road. In 1872 he bought Sun Yard, High St., and opened larger premises there. He traded first as a … century was Arthur H. W. Seally, 190533. 347 The church of ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, High Street, is of ragstone and flint …
A History of the County of Northampton
… which is here crossed by a road from Ringstead to Cranford St. John. It is about 1 miles away from the station, and … been found. 1 At the northern end of the village is the church, and grouped near it, on the eastern side of the road, … son of Robert son of Aubrey, he endowed the Hospital of St. John Baptist of Northampton with lands in Slipton and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… from Alcester to Aston Cantlow and Henley-in-Arden. The church and Manor Farm lie north of the road near the west … At the corner of the main road and the path to the church is a timber-framed cottage with a thatched roof; and … an annual rent of 1 10 s. 86 Church The parish church of ST. MARY MAGDALENE consists of a chancel with a modern north …
A History of the County of Hertford
… part surrounded by the civil parishes of Little Amwell and St. John's Rural lies to the north-west of Little Amwell. It … of the Reading Bed. On the hill-side above is the church with the stocks now much repaired, and close by are … Robert Mylne, F.R.S., architect to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral (where he is buried), and designer of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cottages survive along the street. In each village the church stands west of the street, and in Little Abington the … Robert Butler. Maud in her widowhood granted the land to St. Radegund's nunnery, Cambridge, which held 60 a. in … 100 a., out of c. 1, 130 a. of arable. Neither Gerunde nor St. Radegund's had any villeins, and Tuddenham had only 4 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The park closes its western end, and the position of the church within the park and beside the large manor-house … Powell in 1544. 105 Land belonging to the Hospital of St. John, Burford, was granted to Edmund Harman in 1543. 106 … stone was used for New College, Oxford, in 13967, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 149 and the Divinity Schools, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… brick and blue slate, and few thatched roofs remain. The church occupies a central position in the village, and its … Clattercote Priory, Chacombe Priory, and the Hospital of St. John in Banbury all had interests in medieval Bourton, 85 … 1549: Cal. Pat. 15489, 190. Beesley, Hist. Banbury, 1289 ('St. Michael'); Parker, Eccles. Top. no. 139; Gardner, Dir. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… villages, and by the precedence in time of Great Eversden church. 10 The houses lie along the road called High Street … Great and Little Eversden were conveyed in 1382 by George St. Clowe and his wife Elizabeth. 56 Castleacre was arrested … c. 1235. Both Robert and Warin granted land in Eversden to St. Alban's Abbey. 101 In 1268 Alexander Peverel held 2 …