Bradford-on-Avon: A History and DescriptionWm. Dotesio, The Library Press, 1907 - 275 pages |
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... wall of the Nave , ( though the last has long since been blocked up with mason- ry ) , you can detect sufficient indications of the probable age of the Church . And yet the few glimpses that we have been able to gain of the state of ...
... wall of the Nave , ( though the last has long since been blocked up with mason- ry ) , you can detect sufficient indications of the probable age of the Church . And yet the few glimpses that we have been able to gain of the state of ...
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... walls , 1 was certainly built in the earlier part of this period . By whom the barn was built is a matter of doubt ... wall being flat enough to receive some large monuments ; the other was sadly mutilated : -the last - named one has ...
... walls , 1 was certainly built in the earlier part of this period . By whom the barn was built is a matter of doubt ... wall being flat enough to receive some large monuments ; the other was sadly mutilated : -the last - named one has ...
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... wall with its window , and also a niche of very chaste design . The tracery of the window seems to point it out as the work of the latter part of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century , though it is by no means ...
... wall with its window , and also a niche of very chaste design . The tracery of the window seems to point it out as the work of the latter part of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century , though it is by no means ...
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... wall facing the street traces of the holes through which Mr. Phelps and his friends fired upon the rioters . [ The Author seems to have been mistaken : I find no trace of these holes on the inner side of the wall . ] 2 The prisoners ...
... wall facing the street traces of the holes through which Mr. Phelps and his friends fired upon the rioters . [ The Author seems to have been mistaken : I find no trace of these holes on the inner side of the wall . ] 2 The prisoners ...
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... walls of the workhouse , a number much beyond the capabilities of the then existing buildings properly to accommodate , and the limit allowed by law . Added to these , 300 able - bodied men were employed in out - door labour , in making ...
... walls of the workhouse , a number much beyond the capabilities of the then existing buildings properly to accommodate , and the limit allowed by law . Added to these , 300 able - bodied men were employed in out - door labour , in making ...
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Bradford-on-Avon: A History and Description (1907) William Henry Rich Jones,John Beddoe No preview available - 2009 |
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Abbess Abbess of Shaftesbury acres afterwards Aisle Aldhelm alluded Alms-house amongst ancient Anglo-Saxon Anthony Rogers appointed Archæological argent arms Atworth Avon Bath Baynton belonging Besill Bishop Borough Bradford-on-Avon Bristol Broughton building built called century Chalfield Chancel Chantry chapel Charity Charter Churchwardens clothier Commissioners Corsham Court Court Leet Cumberwell daughter decease deeds Devizes died Domesday Domesday Book Duke of Kingston early Edward Elizabeth erected Freshford Hall of Bradford held Henry Holt Horton Hungerford John Hall King Kingston House land living Lord Manor of Bradford Margaret married Melksham messuage Monkton Farleigh Nave Nicholas original Parish Church Parish of Bradford Paul Methuen pedigree Porch portion present probably rent restoration Richard Robert side Somerset Steeple Ashton Steward stone tenants tenements Thomas Hall Thomas Horton Thos Tithing town Trowbridge Trustees Tything Vicar wall Walter wife William Wilts Wiltshire window Winsley Yerbury
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Page 18 - History, that so wealthy were these two communities, that the country people had a proverb that "if the Abbot of Glastonbury might marry the Abbess of Shaftesbury, their heir would have more land than the King of England".
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Page 92 - Thus the object of the gylds or tithings was, that each man should be in pledge or surety (borh) as well to his fellow-man as to the state for the maintenance of the public peace : that he should enjoy protection for life, honour and property himself, and be compelled to respect the life, honour and property of others : that he should have a fixed and settled dwelling where he could be found when required, where the public dues could be levied, and the public services demanded of him : lastly that,...
Page 235 - You will imagine the bustle of five thousand people getting into one hall ! yet in all this hurry, we walked in tranquilly. When they were all seated, and the king-at-arms had commanded silence on pain of imprisonment (which, however, was very ill observed) , the gentleman of the black rod was commanded to bring in his prisoner. Elizabeth, calling herself Duchess Dowager of Kingston, walked in, led by black rod and Mr.
Page 3 - Let us imagine then what kind of countrie this was in the time of the Ancient Britons. By the nature of the soil, which is a sour woodsere land, very natural for the production of akes especially, one may conclude that this North Division was a shady dismal wood ; and the inhabitants almost as savage as the Beasts whose skins were their only rayment.