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A History of the County of Sussex
… The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an … end, was annexed to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep bend of the River Rother, which with a tributary …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 75 NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is … the parish is varied, running from Great Oolite Limestone in the N. down through the limestones, clay and silts of the … Estuarine Series to Northampton Sands and Upper Lias Clay in the S. with a little alluvium on the sides of the Wootton …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Katherine [Emmes?] [illegible] of Richard Emmes was born in our sayed [town?] [illegible] and her sayed husband being … worship and other inhabitants (and having lived in [Fladbury?] afforesayed in good name and fame for manie yeares now [last?] past is …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… his trade, giving himself alltogether to begging, both in the town and country, comitting what he gains thereby, to … town or parish with most base and opprobrious language. In brief, he is of the most vicious life and conversation of any person in the countrey. The premises considered, we humbly pray that …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… most of the contributors to the poore are reduced soe low in their very smale estates and mean imployments, that they … [illegible] which may be a meanes to continue peace in our neighbourhood for which we shall ever be oblieged to … worshipes poor peticioner and all his friendes were borne in the parish of Martley where he lived ever since only four …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1740 The humble peticion of Henry Crane of Bromsgrove in the county of Worcester Sheweth That your peticioner is a … allowing and appointing your peticioner's dwelling house in the town of Bromsgrove aforesaid to be a place of religious worship for protestant dissenters but in regard a messuage in the town of Bromsgrove aforesaid …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… steward of it for the Conqueror, who retained the manor in his own hands. Roger de Montford also possessed an estate … sixpence, and paid one thousand herrings. There were also in this parish two churches, to which belonged forty acres of … five acres of land, worth twelve pence. These estates, in all probability, formed the manors of Great and Little …