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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Burrow-on-the-Hill ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Gartree, N. division of the county of Leicester, 6 miles (S.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 149 inhabitants. This … in the union of Depwade, hundred of Diss, E. division of Norfolk, 2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Diss; containing 468 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary and St. Modwena), a parish, and the head of a union, partly in the N. division of the hundred of … Stafford, and partly in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby; comprising the township … was brought hither and beheaded by the Suffolk and Norfolk insurgents, amounting to 50,000 men, who afterwards …
A History of the County of Stafford
… island, Burton meadow, was formed by a major division of the river. The main course ran some distance east of the … a cotton mill he had opened at Bond End. 1 Known as Peel's Cut, it survived until the late 1960s when it was filled … part of the bridge was swept away by flood in 1284 John of Norfolk, who was acting as keeper of the works of the bridge, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 ploughteams were worked by 9 villani. There were 16 a. of meadow, and woodland measured 1/2 league in both length … value of the manor had increased from £3 in 1066 to £3 10 s. in 1086. 9 The outlying townships in the parish were … D. 23/1/1/10, p. 212; D. 23/2/1/40, letter from W. F. Drury, 27 Aug. 1892; Staffs. Advertiser, 16 Nov. 1889, p. 6. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Trent called Andresey, an Old English name meaning 'Andrew's isle', and to have dwelt there as an anchoress. She departed for Ireland, leaving Andresey in the care of two female companions, and died, but her body was brought … 398 in the morning and 663 in the evening. 14 William Drury, French's successor (1871-1903), introduced a surpliced …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Burwell 2 Burwell (O.S. 6 ins. aTL 56 N.W., bTL 56 N.E., cTL 56 S.E., dTL 66 N.W., … L-shaped, covers nearly 7000 acres approximately N.W. of Newmarket. The S.E. part is entirely on the chalk and … (C.U.L. University Register 32/1) and Little Fen by 1719 (Norfolk R.O., C.C. Norwich Wills, No. 131)). Thus before 1720 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1086 the Ramsey abbey manor comprised 10¼ hides, of which a third was in demesne, out of the 15¼ hides … In 1279 one man held freely of the abbey the hide once Guy's, two others had 90 a. and three 80 a. each at low rents; … had kept a few milking cattle. 35 About 1795 1,700 Norfolk sheep were kept, individual farmers having 100-200 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the 940s Edwin son of Othwulf gave Oda, archbishop of Canterbury, five hides at Burwell. About 970 Oda's kinsman Oswald, then bishop of Worcester, gave those hides … to Bertram's father Sir William 95 (d. by 1351) of Norfolk. 96 Sir William's eldest son and successor Sir Thomas …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Buttolphs BUTTOLPHS, a parish, in the union and hundred of Steyning, rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 1 mile (S. E.) from Steyning; containing 48 inhabitants. The parish … of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (N. W.) from Coltishall; containing 713 …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Payments made by Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Lord Harrowby of Sandon Hall, Staffs. to Cable Cabt. Maker of 13 1s on 30 … [D; John Rylands Lib., Manchester Univ., George Cooke's accounts] Cadman, Rebecca, 26 Shudehill, Manchester, … RO, D/DBy/A376] Chambers, Andrew, 13 Turnstile Alley, Drury Lane, cm and broker (1782). Took out insurance of 200 …