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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Badgeworth, Upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 … of Settle, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York; containing 3535 inhabitants, … is situated on the confines of the county of Lancaster, and comprises 25,811 a. 13 p., of which 7972 a. 27 p. are in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) BESFORD ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union, and Upper division of the hundred, of Pershore, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (W. by … western counties of England to the ferry over the river Lea, at Old Ford, passes through the northern part of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Green relied on springs or wells. There was a conduit and lead pipes in Conduit close, part of Pyotts on the east … from which copper pipes led to neighbouring villages and a monastery. 80 The building may have been erected by the … East London Water Co. and empowered it to draw upon the Lea and build waterworks and reservoirs at Old Ford. 94 In …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… of the corporation, comprising the mayor, 12 aldermen, and 13 capital burgesses, did, however, alter significantly. … aldermen electing the members of their own bench for life, and also nominating the 26 candidates for election as capital … and from lands at Hornsea and Weel and others at Guilden Morden and Over (both Cambs.). The lands outside the town …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… the Record Commissioners, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, and the Pipe Roll Society, and collections of national and local material relating to … Pleas, 1280 (Somerset Record Society 44, 1920) J. H. Lea (ed.), Abstract of wills in the Prerogative Court of …
Survey of London Monograph
… Reprinted 1823. 1708. Certificate of Burial of Sir John Morden. College of Arms. 1720. Magna Britannia et Hibernia. … British Museum. (This list is printed in Elmes' "Memoirs," and in the article on Wren in the "Dictionary of … (Revised 1867.) Rough Notes toward a Memoir of Sir John Morden, Bart., founder of Morden College, Blackheath. Henry …
A History of the County of Sussex
… BINSTED The small parish of Binsted, 99 still mostly quiet and rural in the 1980s, lies 2½ miles (4 km.) west of … 1,106 a., which were incorporated in Tortington in 1933 and transferred from Tortington to Walberton in 1985. 1 It … in 1840 it covered c. 50 a. 36 A wood called in 1452 North Lea 37 was apparently that of the later Marsh farm. 38 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Black Bourton lies 14 miles (22.5 km) west of Oxford and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Witney, on gently rising … the parish's northern part was transformed by the creation and expansion of Brize Norton military airbase and by the … Papers 1906 (178), lxxxviii), p. 18. Information from LEA. ORO, MS Oxf. Dioc. c 1731, docs. 19589. DNB; Cal. Cttee …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (W. by N.) … a proprietary school for classical and general literature. Morden College, a noble institution for the support of … This place, which is situated near the influx of the river Lea into the Thames, consists chiefly of a few …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ( CONTINUATION) MITTON (PART OF) - AIGHTON, BAILEY AND CHAIGLEY Acton, Dom. Bk.; Aghton, 1274; Aighton, modern. … c. 1440. This composite township is bounded on the north and east by the Hodder, which separates it from Yorkshire, in … wife of Robert de Shireburne, Agnes wife (1) of Henry de Lea and (2) of Robert de Horncliff, but apparently childless, …