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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … W. division of Kent, 8 miles (E. by S.) from London; containing 25,875 inhabitants. This place, originally …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … 157 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Dovor, and comprises by measurement 1019 acres; the … the 31st year of his reign, the government is vested in a mayor, two aldermen, and twelve capital burgesses, assisted …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at its W. end … its S. side at 71 m. above OD. The village lies E. of the London Road at 85 m. above OD. A number of prehistoric and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix … the parish in 1862. Since 1906 it has been part of a main London-Exeter line. A passenger halt was opened at the south …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from London; containing 25,401 inhabitants. This place, which is … the king's use, and a considerable quantity of plate. The mayor and aldermen, being taken into custody for surrendering …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Worcester cathedral chapter was established by charter of Henry VIII on 24 Jan. 1542, after the dissolution of its monastic body. As in each of the other cathedrals in … prebends can normally be found in the patent rolls and the London Gazette. The virtually complete series of bishops' …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… in God the Lord Bushopp and others her majesties justices of the peace Your lordships humble peticioner Ellioner Reeve … her, was about a moneth sithence forceiblie turned out of an out howse of Thomas Sales in Odingley wherein she had … Whereas your poore peticioner, beinge an apprentice in London and sonne of John Hawes of the parish of Grimley, was …