Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and TopographicalSmith, Elder & Company, 1872 - 428 páginas |
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... sense of the almost universal friendliness , which has been ex- tended to me during the six happy years which I have passed as a curate of Twickenham . June , 27th , 1872 . CONTENTS . PART I. PAROCHIAL . CHAPTER I. - THE PREFACE .
... sense of the almost universal friendliness , which has been ex- tended to me during the six happy years which I have passed as a curate of Twickenham . June , 27th , 1872 . CONTENTS . PART I. PAROCHIAL . CHAPTER I. - THE PREFACE .
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... TWICKENHAM , EXTRACTED FROM THE VESTRY BOOKS APPENDIX C. A STATEMENT OF THE PARISH PROPERTY , SHOWING ITS VALUE at the PRESENT TIME , JUNE , 1872 INDEX 407 413 415 PART I. PAROCHIAL . MEMORIALS OF TWICKENHAM . CHAPTER I. xvi CONTENTS .
... TWICKENHAM , EXTRACTED FROM THE VESTRY BOOKS APPENDIX C. A STATEMENT OF THE PARISH PROPERTY , SHOWING ITS VALUE at the PRESENT TIME , JUNE , 1872 INDEX 407 413 415 PART I. PAROCHIAL . MEMORIALS OF TWICKENHAM . CHAPTER I. xvi CONTENTS .
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... June 13th , 704 , Twickenham appears to have been given to an ecclesiastic for the remedy of the soul of Suæbraed , King of Essex . Offa , King of Mercia , between the years 758 and 794 , gave to Athelard , Archbishop of So says ...
... June 13th , 704 , Twickenham appears to have been given to an ecclesiastic for the remedy of the soul of Suæbraed , King of Essex . Offa , King of Mercia , between the years 758 and 794 , gave to Athelard , Archbishop of So says ...
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... June next ensuing , after the day of the date hereof , the second payment thereof on or before the nine and twentyeth day of Septem- ber then next following , the third payment thereof on or before the five and twentyeth day of December ...
... June next ensuing , after the day of the date hereof , the second payment thereof on or before the nine and twentyeth day of Septem- ber then next following , the third payment thereof on or before the five and twentyeth day of December ...
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... June , 1720. * The conveyance of a pew to Sir Godfrey Kneller is recorded in the vestry books . The form adopted , is precisely the same as the one used above , and is entered on the minutes , apparently , as a specimen . Vaults were ...
... June , 1720. * The conveyance of a pew to Sir Godfrey Kneller is recorded in the vestry books . The form adopted , is precisely the same as the one used above , and is entered on the minutes , apparently , as a specimen . Vaults were ...
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acres afterwards aged amongst Anne annum appointed April August Bart became belonged Bishop Bishop of London called Cambridge celebrated chancel chapel charity Charles churchwardens Countess curate death December died Duke Earl Edward Elizabeth erected February Frances gardens George George Powell Gostling Henry Horace Walpole inhabitants Ironside Isleworth Ivy Close James January John Joseph Ashe July June King Kneller Lady land late lease lived London Lord Lysons manor March married Mary Mead memory mentioned Middlesex minister Miss November occupied October parish Parish Church parish of Twickenham parishioners pews poet poor Pope Pope's possession present purchased rector rent residence Richard Robert Samuel says September Sir Godfrey Sir James Ashe Sir Joseph Ashe Sir William sold Stephen Cole Strawberry Hill tablet Thames Thomas Thomas Cole trustees Twicken Twickenham Park vault vestry vicar villa Whitton widow wife William Rummell Windsor
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