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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Woodborough. Udeburgh WOODBOROUGH (Udeburgh.) In Udeburg the book of Doomsday shows that St. Mary of … Bov. ad Geldam. The land two Car. There was half a car. in demesne, and two vill. and two bordars had one car. this … bov. ad Geldam. This concerned the prebend of Woodborough in that church, to which it still belongs. Here were also …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the Middle Ages the manors in Woodditton were Ditton Camoys, Ditton Valence, Saxton, the rectory, and Ditton Priory. The last two were united in 1608 and all five were added to the Cheveley Park estate …
A History of the County of Sussex
… north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it comprised 2,239 a. and in 1971 it had 905 ha. (2,236 a.). 51 In 1985 some land in the south-east was transferred to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 75 NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is … by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to the E. is with Preston Deanery. The sub-soil of the parish is varied, … by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, Long and Blackemoor or West Fields are …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… unlawfull begettinge of a man child of the bodye of Joane Preston of Hartleburye spinster, was for the same offence brought before the reverend father in God Gervase Lord Bushopp of Wigorn, and thereuppon was … the keepinge of the said child, and that the said Joane Preston may have satisfaccion for her great charge shee hath …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… his majesties justices of the peace for the said county in quarter sessions assembled, and to all others whom it … handes are hereunto subscribed inhabitantes of Bratforton in the said county, doe certifie by these presentes, that … at Michaelmas sessions last, a certaine matter was heard in court, betweene the said inhabitantes and one Richard …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… his trade, giving himself alltogether to begging, both in the town and country, comitting what he gains thereby, to … town or parish with most base and opprobrious language. In brief, he is of the most vicious life and conversation of any person in the countrey. The premises considered, we humbly pray that …
A History of the County of Essex
… continued to hold 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight increase in the area under cultivation. The 19 sokemen had 2 ploughs. … Total stock grew from 67 to 346, including an increase in sheep from 6 to 200, and goats from 15 to 47. In 1086 there were 7 beehives. 45 In 1086 there was 20 a. of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; … 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED … and desirable internal features. One advertisement in the Dictionary Archive, which was not obviously gendered, …