The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary: Published by Mr. Thomas Hearne M. A. To which is Prefix'd Mr. Leland's New-year's Gift: and at the End is Subjoyn'd A Discourse Concerning Some Antiquities Lately Found in York-shire... Vol. The first. [- Vol. the ninth, compleating the whole work.], Volumes 7-9Printed at the Theater for James Fletcher, bookseller in the Turk; and Joseph Pote, bookseller at Eaton., 1769 - Great Britain |
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Page 143 - Westhyve to the place wher the substans of the towne ys now ys ii. good myles yn lenght, al along on the shore to the which the se cam ful sumtyme, but now by bankinge of woose and great casting up of shyngel the se ys sumtyme a quarter, sumtyme dim.
Page 21 - Towres, Yt was an 18 Yeres in buildynge, and the Expends of every Yere came to 1000 marks. It was finished or King Richard the 2 dyed. One thinge I muche noted in the Haulle of Bolton...
Page 125 - North est almost half a myle of the sayde priory is a lytle village apon a hille, and a paroche chirche of S. Stephen yn yt. The opinion is that the chanons first dwelled on this hille, and cam thens downe to a better and a warmer site. In the Priory chirche yarde standeth also a paroche chyrche. The wall of Duneuet ys hy, larg and strong, and defensably set. By the north side of the priory runneth a litle ryver.
Page 3 - An account of some Roman urns, and other antiquities, lately digg'd up near Bishopsgate. With brief reflections upon the antient and present state of London. In a letter to Sir Christopher Wren, Kt. Surveyor-General of Her Majesty's Works. London: printed for E. Curll. 1713.
Page 129 - On the toppe of the hye clive betwene the towne and the peere remayneth yet, abowt a flyte shot up ynto the land fro the very brymme of the se clyffe, a ruine of a towr, the which hath bene as a pharos or a mark to shyppes on the se; and therby was a place of Templarys.
Page 140 - The cumpace of the grownd withyn is not much above an acre, and yt is very holo by casting up the yerth. They cawle the place there Lytleborough.
Page 78 - I have specify'd : and upon these days of rejoycing withal they us'd to have twelve minstrels, viz. six from Coventry and six from Maidenhead, for which and for other uses of the fraternity William Dyar, Vicar of Bray in Berks, gave them five tenements in East St.
Page 143 - Fortes kepeth his principal cowrt a lytle by est fro Lymmehil. Ther remayneth at this day the ruines of a stronge fortresse of the Britons hangging on the hil, and cummyng down to the very fote.
Page 125 - Part of the castel stonding north west ys parcel of the walle of the town. Ther be withyn this town iii. gates and a postern ; also a gate to go owt of the castel ynto the old parke. Sum gentelmen of Cornewal hold ther landes by...
Page 117 - Se, yn so much that yt hathe made ther almost an Isle, and no way ys to enter ynto hyt now but by long Elme Trees layde for a Bryge. So that now withowte the Isle renneth alonly a Gate Howse, a Walle, and a fals Braye dyged and walled.