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A History of the County of Oxford
… 7 paid more than 3 s. 73 In 1334 the town was assessed on total wealth of only c. 38. 74 Population seems to have … 15234 half c. 60 contributors paid the lowest rate of 4 d. on their wages. 76 Higher subsidy assessments in 1541 and … 1930s, after the closure of the Moneys' workshop, all the main factories were branches of larger enterprises; the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the profits were taken to include the quitrents set on burgages at the town's foundation and still listed in … of 466 13 s. 4 d. for the fee farm, a calculation based on an annual payment of 5 marks which presumably included 1 … the corporation responsible for parish roads, for cleaning main roads, and erecting road signs. 83 A lighting committee …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. … The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around … by 23 ft.) projects to the E. of the range and is of two main bays with a narrow bay to the W. which was bridged for a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending … and the steep wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called Yewtree Headland ( Iwes … which suffered from a shortage of water before the main supply was piped to the fields c. 1955. 12 Between the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manor were held in possession, and one third in reversion on the expiry of a lease from the abbot of Tintern to William … an active supporter of the king during the Civil War, and on the defeat of the royalist cause part of his lands, … with a small loft, and the beams have plain mouldings. The main entrance is in the same wing in the angle formed with …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western … 7 In 1885 Withy Leaze, a detached part of Shapwick parish on the north-west boundary, was added to Woolavington, but in … 1 Woolavington village forms a grid at the junction of the main north - south and east - west roads on the edge of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep … then very steeply, to attain a maximum height of 678 ft. on Telegraph Hill on its eastern boundary. Woolbeding House, north of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… the earlier nave, now represented by a buttress standing on a splayed base. The South Aisle and arcade were perhaps … 131020 and the N. arcade of the chancel built, encroaching on the earlier N. arcade of the nave; the North Aisle was … and foliage-sprigs on stem, small crosses between arms of main cross, 13th-century. In N. aisleon N. wall, (3) remains …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 942 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was … of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th … Essex, is a detached part of the parish. It comprises one main street, extending nearly a mile parallel with the river, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Mary Magdalene (formerly St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced … brick; the roofs are tiled. The palace consisted of the main buildings standing within a moat of quadrangular form …