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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… acting at Wingham, for the east division of the lath of St. Augustine. THIS PARISH is large, being two miles and an … one way, and upwards of a mile and an half the other. The church stands nearly in the centre of it, on high ground. At … called the manor of Woodnesborough, by one of the name of St. Ledger; and in the other, then called Selinge, by owners …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… to hold a fair on the vigil and feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (August 29), 28 but this is also not … 29 nor in the grant of the manor to Sir Walter Mildmay. 30 Church The church of ST. AUGUSTINE consists of a chancel (31 ft. by 15 ft.), with …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… a few other large houses, some of them recently built. The church of St. Peter stands on a hill to the north of the village, and … the Diamond Jubilee. Douai Abbey and College, formerly St. Mary's College, was founded in 1833 as a Roman Catholic …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… subsoil are clay, producing wheat, barley and beans. The church stands near the centre of the parish, with the … 1248 married Brunna, a daughter and co-heir of Ralph de St. Sampson. 25 Their daughter and heir Joan married Alan de … of land in Woolley to Richard, Master of the Hospital of St. Mary, Stonely, to hold in frankalmoin, except for the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Hill and on the north bank of the Tirle brook. When the church was restored in 1873 fragments of what were thought to … of Deerhurst, that were held in 1086 by the abbey of St. Denis, Paris. 23 The abbey retained the manor of … Economic History. In 1086 the estate of the abbey of St. Denis in Woolstone was reckoned to be 5 hides. 48 By the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the manor of Lewisham, and its appendages, to the abbey of St. Peter of Ghent, in Flanders, made in 1044, Wulewic is … it.) He married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Peter Manwood, of St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, knight of the Bath, and bore … of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Dartford. The church which is dedicated to St. Mary, was given, with the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… separated from it for ecclesiastical purposes and a new church, St. Mark's, erected (1909) to serve it. Fernhill, the … is made to the park of Wootton. 33 CHURCHES The church of ST. EDMUND is one of the smaller or manorial chapels of the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… residence of Colonel the Hon. Robert Villiers Dillon. The church and vicarage, a Georgian building, stand at the … Lowndes of Broughton, Buckinghamshire, who is rector of St. Mary's, Nassau, the Bahamas. Lowndes. Argent fretty azure … Hill in this parish were bestowed by David Loring, Hugh St. Edward and the Engayne family. 63 These possessions were …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of the parish, 2 miles south-east of Northampton, with its church in the centre and a green. 3 In the village there are … Farm in the extreme south. The wake followed the feast of St. George. 6 The population, 744 in 1921, was only 621 in … wood in Wootton, and when her daughter Sibyl gave them to St. Andrew's Priory she confirmed, as did Miles de Beauchamp, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the parsonage on one side of it, and the court lodge and church on the other. Eastward from hence, among the hills and … of River, had three sons, John, who was the last abbot of St. Augustine's monastery; Henry, who was of Ripple, from … and deanry of Eleham. The church, which is dedicated to St. Martin, consists of a body and one chancel, having at the …