The rambler in Worcestershire, or Stray notes on churches and congregations, Volume 21851 |
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... late hour . After the feast , the surplus , if any , is given to the poorest people resi- dent in the street , at the rate of two shillings per head , as far as it will go . The distribution of this charity was formerly vested in the ...
... late hour . After the feast , the surplus , if any , is given to the poorest people resi- dent in the street , at the rate of two shillings per head , as far as it will go . The distribution of this charity was formerly vested in the ...
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... late one built , by William Richepot , rector of the parish from 1367 to 1401. He was founder of a chantry in the church . On the north side of the chancel , in an ogee - headed recess ( very commonly seen in country churches , and ...
... late one built , by William Richepot , rector of the parish from 1367 to 1401. He was founder of a chantry in the church . On the north side of the chancel , in an ogee - headed recess ( very commonly seen in country churches , and ...
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... late of Oakley . " She died in 1681 , aged 18 , and is described as " a remarkable instance of early piety and charity . " On an altar - tomb beneath is the following inscrip- tion : - " This woman was full of good works and alms ...
... late of Oakley . " She died in 1681 , aged 18 , and is described as " a remarkable instance of early piety and charity . " On an altar - tomb beneath is the following inscrip- tion : - " This woman was full of good works and alms ...
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... late of Boycott , in this parish , gent . , who departed this life Sept. 26 , and was buried here Sept. 30 , Anno Domini 1685 , aged 42 years . He dyed in the middle of his day . And also the body of John Wodehouse , the youngest son of ...
... late of Boycott , in this parish , gent . , who departed this life Sept. 26 , and was buried here Sept. 30 , Anno Domini 1685 , aged 42 years . He dyed in the middle of his day . And also the body of John Wodehouse , the youngest son of ...
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... late Mr. Gresley during his lifetime , but it is not known what has become of it . The Talbot who settled here in the time of Henry VIII was a son , by a second marriage ( the son by the first being ancestor of the Earls of Shrews- bury ) ...
... late Mr. Gresley during his lifetime , but it is not known what has become of it . The Talbot who settled here in the time of Henry VIII was a son , by a second marriage ( the son by the first being ancestor of the Earls of Shrews- bury ) ...
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Page 151 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 251 - Calmness seems throned on yon unmoving cloud. To him who wanders o'er the upland leas The blackbird's note comes mellower from the dale, And sweeter from the sky the gladsome lark Warbles his...
Page 151 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, For all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Page 21 - How many blessed groups this hour are bending, Through England's primrose meadow-paths, their way Towards spire and tower, midst shadowy elms ascending, Whence the sweet chimes proclaim the hallowed day ! The halls...
Page 251 - That yestermorn bloom'd waving in the breeze. Sounds the most faint attract the ear : the hum Of early bee, the trickling of the dew, The distant bleating midway up the hill.
Page 306 - If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Page 314 - WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Page 25 - Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
Page 333 - Yet after all do you know that I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country church-yard, than in the tomb of the Capulets. I should like, however, that my dust should mingle with kindred dust. The good old expression ' family burying-ground' has something pleasing in it, at least to me.
Page 44 - How shocking must thy summons be, O Death, To him that is at ease in his possessions, Who, counting on long years of pleasure here, Is quite unfurnish'd for that world to come ! In that dread moment how the frantic soul Raves round the walls of her clay tenement, Runs to each avenue, and shrieks for help, But shrieks in vain...