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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William Edwards (d. 1863). 32 It was … by the Rushmoor works, Wrockwardine, opened in 1975. 42 A child-health centre opened in Oakengates in 1918. In 1936 it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the village, has walls re-faced with modern … is modern. In the N. wall, opening into the chapel, is a 14th-century two-centred arch, of two moulded orders, with … plate, with representation of altar tomb and figure of child on it, inscription, lozenge with shield of arms and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to … of wood] Cox, following Randle Holme, described it as a COMB made of close, light WOOD such as blackthorn [Holme … [Inventories (1727)]. Alternatively it could refer to a child's hobby-horse or a TOY horse, but probably not to a …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Udeburgh WOODBOROUGH (Udeburgh.) In Udeburg the book of Doomsday shows that St. Mary of Sudwell had Sok to … seven Bov. ad Geldam. The land two Car. There was half a car. in demesne, and two vill. and two bordars had one car. … also a son and heir Richard, 16 H. 6. who died without any child, 17 so that John Strelley his brother was enfeoffed in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth estate included much of the parish. Ditton Camoys and Ditton Valence manors … is unclear. William Trussebut (d. 1264), lord of a third of the barony of Bourn, had knight's fee in … whose widow Frances (d. 1729) was succeeded by their only child Frances. She immediately married Henry Somerset, duke …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by … Thorowgood, whose son Richard conveyed it to Sir Richard Child, afterwards Earl Tylney. It is now the property of his …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Manors MANORS. The manor of WOODFORD HALL, which comprised the greater part of the … must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; 2 a gate called Grovehacche, near Hall Grove, close to the … son Richard, 38 who in 1710 sold the estate to Sir Richard Child, lord of the manor of Wanstead. 39 Woodford manor was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… recorded in the 13th century. 77 The town was taxed as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … son as an honorary freeman, and the custom of the 'mayor's child' was soon extended to allow any mayoral nominee. 4 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… TOPOGRAPHY Woolavington parish, its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … Moore in 1703. 6 It descended to George Moore whose only child Mary left a daughter and heir Mary Smith who in 1752 …