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A History of the County of Northampton
… to Wellingborough, passing through Wilby village. St. Mary's Church is situated a little to the west of this road; other … held a watermill with the manor. 43 Church The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN consists of chancel, 23 ft. 6 in. by 18 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by name in 940 18 and a village grew up around the church and manorhouse, already standing by 1086. 19 The … by birth. 83 Later owners have included Lord Algernon St. Maur, afterwards duke of Somerset, Lord Ernest St. Maur, and the actor Mr. David Niven. 84 Wilcot Manor is a …
A History of the County of Bedford
… mainly in the centre of the parish, having the parish church of St. Nicholas, standing in a graveyard surrounded by trees, as … Some little distance further west is the parish church of St. Nicholas, with the Manor Farm, a 17th-century brick …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from Lacton green, on higher rising ground, stands the church, and Wilsborough-street, adjoining to it; a little … in very early times belonged to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, being about the year 866 purchased of one … and deanry of Limne. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is a very neat building, consisting of two isles …
A History of the County of Warwick
… reversion to Charles, Duke of Suffolk, and his heirs. 48 Church The church of ST. LEONARD, on the east side of the village street, stands …
A History of the County of Hertford
… two stories, the upper of which projects at the back. The church and rectory stand on a hill rising on the south side … Later the tithes of 'Wilia' were given to the monastery of St. Albans by Thurstan, brother of William de Mare, and … Gilbert de Tany gave a virgate and a half in Willian to St. Albans 61 about the time of Stephen or Henry II; this …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Willington. Adjacent to the manor-house is the parish church of St. Lawrence, with the vicarage farther east. Crools Farm is … was granted to Sir Richard Longe. 45 CHURCH The church of ST. LAWRENCE consists of a chancel 32 ft. 8 in. by 17 ft. 2 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Aubrey widow of Ralph son of Wigan held in dower and the church was enfeoffed of one acre. 16 In 1221 Henry owed 10 … without heirs his uncle Thurstan enfeoffed the Hospital of St. John Baptist, Oxford, of 'the whole manor', worth 20 with … were made to this priory, 28 but by 1316 the Hospital of St. John Baptist, Oxford, held the lordship of the manor, 29 …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… had in the Time of Henry the First, and then gave the Church to his Priory of Wirkesop, as in Wisoe is noted. Here … of Lands in Willoughby, to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John's of Jerusalem, which the Prior granted to Peter, … Church of All Saints, in Willughby, before the Altar of St. Nicholas. Howbeit he died not then, for if he did, his …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… rises westward up the hill, on the summit of which the church stands, near which there is a handsome house, which … alias WARDENDALE, antiently belonged to the priory of St. Andrew, in Rochester, the manor-house still bearing the … which is distributed at the parsonage barn at Sutton, on St. Thomas's day. JOHN LAKE, sen. of Stone, by will in 1604, …