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The Environs of London
… Woolwich WOOLWICH. Name. THIS place in old charters is called Hulviz, Wolwiche, Wollewic, &c. I … parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite side of the … of the river, about 40 acres of arable, 10 occupied by a market gardener; 50 waste, and the remainder upland pasture …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of … Benedictine nunnery dedicated to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of … (All Saints) WOOTTON - BASSETT ( All Saints), a market-town and parish, and formerly a representative …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the flat meadows and oolitic gravels of the Upper Thames in the south to the rich 'red land' of the ironstone uplands around Deddington in the north; between them is the undulating stonebrash of … surrounded by open fields until parliamentary inclosure in the 18th century or early 19th; groupings of two open …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands … were affected by intercommoning and other forest customs. In the Anglo-Saxon period Eynsham was an important centre, its early minster church succeeded in 1005 by Eynsham abbey, which remained a dominant influence …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … is enumerated by Nennius under the name of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, … off under the same escort. A gallows was erected in the market-place, for the execution of such of the citizens as …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… Worcestershire Place name Date of inception of market The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the market First recorded instance of a market 600-1100 1101-1200 … 1401-1516 1334 Lay Subsidy The valuation of the town in the Lay Subsidy of 1334 Taxation value of the market town …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… of the inhabitants of the chapelry of Lower Mitton in the parish of Kidderminster in the county of Worcester Sheweth That the chapel of Lower … and now the property of James Pearce, situate in the market place of the said borough of Evesham recorded at the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… & RADFORD. Elsi before the Norman invasion had two manors in Werchesope, which paid to the geld as three car. The land … de Busli (whose see the conquerour made it) had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this … after Leland and Tanner's account. " Werkensop a pretty market town of two streets, and metely well builded. There is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton … (St. Mary) WORSTEAD ( St. Mary), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the Tunstead and Happing incorporation, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… than from the several dates when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 … c. 25 ft. above sealevel, whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was … growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the market-gardening industry 88 and of the town's popularity as …