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A History of the County of Sussex
… year six dissenters in all were listed in the parish, 41 and in the 1680s five parishioners were presented for … 42 There was one Quaker family in 1724. 43 At least two, and possibly four, sects had congregations in the parish in … was registered for the worship of dissenters in 1829, and another house there, for Independents, in 1839. In 1851 …
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 … sold it in 1851 to William Eccles, who was succeeded as printer, stationer, and postmaster there by his son William (d. 1885). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … have been laid out only when New Woodstock was planned, and on its south side is the church, where a 12th-century …
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 … family until closed in 1938. 94 William Eccles (d. 1876), printer, was established in the 1830s at no. 7 Market Place, … no. 5 where his son William (d. 1885) worked as printer, stationer, bookseller, and postmaster; the firm published a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town may have post-dated her death c. 1176; …
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 … was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and …
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. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest were worked; in addition, … of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted of eight oxen and two other draught animals, and wheat, barley, peas, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the parish, comprising 3,303 a. excluding river foreshore and tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending to the steep valley …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … of the river into Essex, being there bounded by Barking, and Barking-creek which separates it from Eastham. On the …