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A History of the County of Oxford
… New College NEW COLLEGE A Note on the Authorities. I. In the Muniment Rooms. CR = The … (18th and early 19th centuries with many gaps). W = A notebook of Warden Woodward, containing a detailed record of the erection of the organ and the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 18th century. They include the Pomona Inn, which retains a brick faade of c. 1700 and a semicircular door-hood on carved brackets. It was also in this area, in Lower Street, that a house of Dominican friars, established by 1277, 1 stood. At …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Introduction NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, a market-town and parliamentary borough in the northern … and western ridges. It is on these ridges, rising to a height of 500 ft., that the ancient borough has expanded in … of the town is also hilly, but towards the south there is a shallow valley through which the Lyme Brook flows to join …
A History of the County of Stafford
… In the Pipe Roll for 11723 1 Newcastle was referred to as a borough for the first time and it may well be that a royal charter recognizing this status was granted to the … year. It is certain that when in 1179 Henry II granted a charter to Preston (Lancs.), the Newcastle charter, of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… it seems that at least one of the members was usually a nominee of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 2 and … near the town, in time the desire of the local gentry for a seat in Parliament brought about a change in the character of the borough representation as …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… time the value was 16s. in the Conquerours 8s. There was a fine levied, 17 E. 3. and afterwards, 18 E. 3. 2 between … heirs. There is in Normanton an ancient capital mess. with a good demesne belonging to it, the seat of the Hunts, mentioned in Hokerton, one whereof was a merchant of the staple in Nottingham, in the time of Edward …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… soc of Suell paid the tax or geld for one car. . It was a very great township, but the hamlets Holme and Batheley, … in doomsday book, which shows that St: Peter de Burgo had a share here, which paid for ten bovats. The land four car. … Arg. on a Saltier engrailed Sable nine annulets Or, Leeke. In a South Window, Or on a Fesse Gules, three …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 66 of the 172 inhabitants recorded. Also recorded were 151 a. of meadow, 69 a. and 2 leagues of pasture, and 30 a. of moor. Total stock comprised 325 sheep, nearly one third …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bishop's (St. Peter) NORTON, BISHOP'S ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Caistor, E. division of the … the township of Atterby, 475 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Prebendary of … valued in the king's books at 9; net income, 185. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Norton, Brize (St. Brise) …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock Dodd, Peakland Roads A. E. Dodd and E. M. Dodd, Peakland Roads and Trackways … of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (2) Eng. P.N. Elements A. H. Smith, English Place-Name Elements (English Place-Name … Sheen (priv. print. 1984) O.S. Ordnance Survey Olde Leeke Olde Leeke, ed. M. H. Miller (2 vols., Leek, 1891, …