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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. Further E. the land falls and the Chalk is soon overlain by Reading Beds and London Clays which give rise to a well-wooded area, at … from 200 ft. to 120 ft., drained by streams flowing S. and S.E. Bagshot Beds in the S.E. of the parish result in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote Church CHURCH. There was a church in 1086, 77 and by the mid 1220s the benefice was a rectory. 78 From 1958 it was held in plurality with Albourne, 79 and in 1978 it became part of the united benefice of Henfield with Shermanbury and Woodmancote, the parishes remaining distinct. 80 The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ft. along the Frome. The S. half is all on Bagshot Beds and Plateau Gravel and is partly heathland while the N. is largely on a wide … Two holdings in Woodsford, presumably East Woodsford and West Woodsford, are listed in Domesday Book. The former …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years from 1733. 50 Until 1764 their arrangement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is … elegant wash leather gloves, flexible and durable; doe skin gloves might cost 5 s. but were expected to last a year. … while cheaper tanned leather gloves, finished on the fur side of the skin, were not introduced until later in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … his inaugural feast, to add the 20 usually reserved for 'dressing' a buck given by the high steward. 86 In 1854 the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… S. side of the Nene. The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). Remains of huts, with pottery, pins and human remains were found in 1910 in the London Brick … side of Oundle road. The walls, where old, are of rubble and the dressings of Barnack stone. Part of the W. wall of a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … in carrying sand from the shore, for the use of farmers in dressing the lands. There is also a fishing-hamlet in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … only a farm. The parish church, the ruins of Bindon Abbey and the adjacent house are the principal monuments. …