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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… almost immediately and continued into the 1990s, when, not for the first time, a further boundary extension was being … named from the Wigmore family of Kirtling, and Church Hall or Hall wood. In the mid 14th century 75 a. was coppiced on a … place was the school, 14 and still in 1990 there was no village hall and no separate playing field. In 1961 an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Woodend 68 WOODEND (OS 1:10000 a SP 64 NW, b SP 65 SW) The modern parish, formerly part of Blakesley, contains the site and lands of the deserted village of Kirby (1) as well as the existing settlements of … with a maximum height of 155 m. above OD. No prehistoric or Roman remains have been found in the parish and the main …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and Roman b(1) Enclosures (SP 95617725), N.W. of the village, above the valley of Cranford Brook, on Cornbrash at … above OD. Air photographs show, rather indistinctly, two or three ovoid enclosures ( BNFAS, 6 (1971), 19). Fig. 117 … have been recorded over an area of about 4 hectares. For Roman Road 570, see p. 116. Medieval and Later (9) …
The Environs of London
… Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … called Epping Forest) is in this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. Land-tax. This parish pays … there, in 1420 10. Whether this was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in three villages in the valley: Lower Woodford, Woodford or Middle Woodford, and Upper Woodford. Until the beginning … across the river. It appears that Upper Woodford has for long been the largest of the three villages. The houses … below. 8 The old mill-house, at the southern end of the village, has chequered stone and flint walling, the lower …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… hills, some of which are capped by glacial deposits, or are formed by outcrops of Northampton Sand. The name of … that it was once much larger. To the S. of Woodford village is a flight of strip lynchets (3), a feature of … can be traced on air photographs and partly on the ground for some 320 m. to the S. where it meets the R. Cherwell (RAF …
A History of the County of Essex
… in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting … in the woodland at an early date. In 1066 there was arable for 2 ploughs on the demesne and for the relatively large … 7 They held either one virgate (the standard 30 a.) or a fraction of a virgate, for which they did service in …
A History of the County of Essex
… still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was … forest over much of the area. Woodford was never a compact village; separate hamlets, only tenuously linked together, … where a branch of his family owned land; William ad aquam, or atte Ree, was one of a family from which Ray House derived …
A History of the County of Essex
… a rector. But part of the income may have been reserved for the sacristy: a composition was made in 1224 between the … were recorded. 82 By 1766 there were only two or three families of Presbyterians and some of those attended … the present brick citadel, opened in 1907. 138 Grove Road Evangelical church is the outcome of work begun by Edward …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles that of Cheltenham, but has … survey. It comprises 3725 acres, of which 40 are common or waste. About a mile from the church is Edwin Hall, a … Queen) Elizabeth, during the reign of Mary. The village, called Brook-street from a stream which flows …