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A History of the County of Gloucester
… ford and a ferry. Flanked by the river on one side and the Forest of Dean on the other, Newnham was a port trading in … whole parish was included in early perambulations of the Forest of Dean, but only the southern part in the 13th and … centuries; later the whole parish was excluded from the forest. 1 The southern part of the parish comprised the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to hold the wood of Southridge outside the regard of the forest; another Crown grant associated the tenure of the … of Blaize Bailey and a forestership in fee in the Forest of Dean. His son and heir Thomas 39 died in 1580 … 575-6. The grants alluded to in fact related to Newnham (Northants.) and Kings Newnham (Warws.): P.N. Northants. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the site was granted to the then lieutenant of Sherwood Forest, Sir John Byron, in whose family the estate continued …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… to sale, but that in place of those that they may have forest lands for their security, wherein they do desire that … desiring also that their security may be out of the forest lands, wherein a tender care is required for the poor …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of the site of St. Leonard's church (8) (SP 879835; Northants. Archaeol., 8 (1973), 8). b(1) Beaker Burial … with both Roman and medieval pottery is recorded (NM; Northants. Archaeol., 8 (1973), 8; 9 (1974), 107). Medieval … Newton, which still stands (9) (J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants., II (1791), 322). The original church was allowed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… sherds found nearby in Bedfordshire and at Easton Maudit, Northants., was also discovered ( Beds. Arch. J., op. cit., … century when the present farm to the N.W. was built (VCH Northants., III (1930), 279280; W.J. B. Kerr, Higham Ferrers … It was disparked at some time between 1649 and 1671 (VCH Northants., III (1930), 279280; M. W. Beresford, History on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Thompson's-Walls, Coupland, Crookhouse, Greys-Forest, Heath-Pool, Howtell, Kilham, Kirk-Newton, Lanton, Milfield, West Newton, Paston, Selby's-Forest, and Yeavering. In Kirk-Newton township are 2218 acres …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is pleasantly situated at the south corner of Charnwood Forest, in a beautiful valley, surrounded by rich woodlands, … here, towards its termination in the river Crake. Nichol-Forest NICHOL-FOREST, a chapelry, in the parish of Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk, …