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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and … or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith … of Bridport, Bridport division of Dorset, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Lyme-Regis; containing 300 inhabitants. The …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Luffenham, South; Morcott; Pilton; Seaton with Thorpe-by-Water; Stoke Dry; Tixover The parishes of which Wrandike, … to in the Northamptonshire Geld Roll of about 1075, and the southern portion of the Wapentake of Wiceslea in the … of Witchley (Wiceslea) had become part of Rutland by 1129 and probably some years earlier (see account of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and … interest of about 500, to which additions are likely to be made, and a house built for the master. Wreningham, Great and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… it operated; 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow … (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING … PLAIN, School, with secrets, SMALL, travelling Found made of DEAL, OAK, WAINSCOT, WOOD See also BUREAU, SCRUTOIRE, …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… of Fellowship 1622-1657 Date elected censor 1628-1638 Date made Elect 1642 Date elected Consiliarius 1647-1656 Offices …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Writers 1863_70 Writers 1863-70 In 1863 provision was made for two permanent Digest Writers with salaries of £200 rising by annual increments of £10 to £350 and for two permanent Index Writers with salaries of £100 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and … the nave are of interest; among the fittings the monument by Nicholas Stone and the late 15th-century seating are … was re-built, and the westernmost arches on both sides made narrower and cemented when the tower was re-built. In …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the … below. 85 To the north the parish is bounded partly by Long Lane, the river Tern, and the road from Allscott to … attest to activity in the area before Watling Street was made in the initial phase of the Roman conquest. 5 It has …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Wellington; containing 2731 inhabitants. This … a town of the Britons, various discoveries having been made of British coins, and of fragments of brass armour and … 400. At Plaxtol is another incumbency. A palace of the archbishops formerly stood here, of which the terrace and a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by Watling Street. The northern boundary was that part of the … lay in Wrockwardine Wood, and Quam Pool township made presentments at Wrockwardine manor courts between 1397 …