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A History of the County of Shropshire
… p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. 289. Manor and Other Estates, p. … of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in Hadley wood. The area was the centre of one … Hadley and Coalport formations. 68 A hoard of 368 silver coins, deposited c. 1646, was unearthed at Priorslee in 1982 …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO 8101) in 1850. 1 A coin of Germanicus and Romano-British pottery found in 1863 in the long barrow … of a marble statue came from corridor 43. Finds include coins ranging from Hadrian to Valens, with numerous small …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woodchester (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of … the antiquities that have been found are, foundations and ruins of buildings, fragments of statues, stags' horns, glass, pottery, coins of the Lower Empire, a coin of Adrian, one of Lucilla, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were employed on the … Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's … even when held by the same incumbent as Woodditton; 12 in 1747 it became formally a distinct ecclesiastical parish. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish, covering 880 hectares, lies between the R. Nene and Cranford Brook, on land rising S.W. from 100 ft. to 280 … They are situated on Boulder Clay at 220 ft. above OD and in a line orientated N.N.W.-S.S.E. Each barrow touches its … site is first recorded in the early 18th century when two coins, tesserae, 'oddly engraven Tiles' and a 'Roman Urn' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of … is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been … or places, and contains a population of 13,390. Roman coins, especially of Constantine, are occasionally dug up …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Introduction Introduction In 1279 local jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded … land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … said to have been vacant when the town was founded. Roman coins were found near the church in 1755 and an urn near …
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 River Severn to the high ground … the off-shore Guscar Rocks. 18 A hoard of c. 250 Roman coins from c. 313 to c. 346 was discovered at an unidentified …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern … north on the moor, mounds of debris including pottery and coins are thought to have been part of a salt-making …