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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1891, and since then the mayor's seal has been used in its place. 6 In 1553 the corporation ledger records that … arms of England above, but below is a 6-pointed star in place of the praying figure. A third mayor's seal, attributed …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… Wiltshire Wiltshire Place name Date of inception of market The date of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… on a hammer-beam with a curved brace beneath it, in place of the column, which was probably the original …
The Environs of London
… Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, … which is said to have been fought in the year 568, at a place called Wibandune 3. In this engagement two of … eight foote nine inches broad; meeting an even landing-place in the height thereof, leading from the foresayed gates …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The houses were probably centred on a rectangular market place on the N.W. of the Minster, now reduced by infilling to … of infilling. Subsequent enlargement of the town took place along two nearly parallel streets, East Borough and … Chancel was rearranged and the high altar was set in the place of the former Lady Chapel, with stairs rising to it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… chamber storeys, 19th-century projecting windows take the place of the two eastern bays of the 1651 faade; the other … S. end was removed and a pair of cottages was built in its place, with brick walls with ashlar dressings and tiled roofs … and lead (Plate 32). It was built c. 1700, reputedly as a place of contemplation for the 3rd earl of Shaftesbury. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… There is mention of a park at Wimpole in 1302 (Reaney, 'Place-names of Cambs.', 82). On Hare's map of 1638 the manor … where traces of curving strips can be seen. Although many place-names are given on the map the key is missing and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its riverside site up the hill to the east where a market place was formed and from which radiated High, Mill, South, … railway led to building along Station Road and to Richmond Place and Whitehall at the top of North Street, both … a group of substantial coaching inns around the market place, several of them ascribed to Nathaniel Ireson. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, which is of great antiquity, was anciently called … earliest engagements between the contending parties took place in the immediate vicinity of this town; in which, … inferior titles, takes that of Baron Stavordale from the place. At Horwood, about a mile south-east of the town, are …
Survey of London
… them were Chancellorsand their London residence became a place of importance. In 1341 the Great Chamber there was the … One of the last big ceremonial events to take place at Winchester House was the marriage feast of Lord Hay … Winchester in the great gallery of Winchester House, "a Place where I knew his Lordship scarce came once in a Year," …