The History of Northampton and Its Vicinity: Brought Down to the Present Time |
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Abbey adjoining ancient Andrew anno annual arches bailiffs Bart body and chancel bounded Brixworth Bugbrook building built called castle Castle Ashby chancel chapel chauntry church dedicated church-yard Cogenho Collingtree consists containing five bells Cottesbrook Courteenhall Dallington dedicated to St Delapre died Duston Earl of Northampton east Edward eight elegant embattled tower erected formerly four bells Grand Junction Canal Guilsborough Hackleton handsome Hardingstone Harlestone Henry Henry VIII hundred Incumbent Rev Incumbent-Rev inscription interred Ionic order Isham James John king Kingsthorpe late living-Rev London Lord lordship Maidwell manor mansion marble mayor memory ment miles from Northampton monument Naseby north and south north side Northamp ornamented parish Patron patronage pleasant village poor pounds present Ravensthorpe reign river Nine Rothersthorpe Saints seat shillings sists situated south aisles south porch south side Spencer Spratton steeple stone supposed Thomas Thursby town wall west end Weston-Favel William yard land
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Page 29 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 29 - And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end : that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises,
Page 127 - Where yon blue field scarce meets our streaming eyes, A fatal name for England ! Naseby lies. There hapless Charles beheld his fortune cross'd, His forces vanquish'd, and his kingdom lost.
Page 149 - Late Perpendicular, but rich and fine. AD 1534. Whiston Church, in Northamptonshire, built by Antony Catesby, Esq., lord of the manor, Isabel his wife, and John their son, as may be gathered from the following remains of an inscription on one of the windows therein...
Page 102 - Hardingston parish is a military work, supposed to have been raised by the Danes, and therefore called the Danes camp. The wake of Weston Favell is held on the next Sunday after St. Peter's day. In the afternoon the rector preaches an appropriate sermon, the choristers prepare suitable...
Page 101 - QUEEN'S CROSS, erected by Edward the First, to the memory of his beloved Queen Eleanor ; who, when her husband, in his expedition to the Holy Land, 1272, was wounded by a Moor with a poisoned arrow,' sucked the venom out of the wound ; by which Edward was cured, and she escaped unhurt. The Queen died at Herdley, Lincolnshire, Nov. 29th, 1290, and the body was carried for interment to Westminster Abbey. At every place where the procession rested, King Edward caused one of these crosses to be erected....
Page 48 - The establishment is supported by the interest arising from numerous legacies, and annual subscriptions ; and it must afford much gratification to the benevolent and humane mind, to contemplate the extensive benefit that has been afforded by this infirmary.
Page 127 - Times like these, when Party bears Command, And Faction scatters Discord through the Land, Let these sad Scenes an awful Lesson yield, Lest future NASEBYS rise in every Field.