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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester … Stockwell Street. The walls are of local Oxfordshire stone and the roofs are slate-covered. Gloucester College was … establishment founded as a cell of Gloucester Abbey and from this the college took its name. The site was given …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… the tythinge of Whitstone, betwene the parishe of Claynes and liberties of this cittie, who coulde not then have used … they had not ben some way supported in their extremitie. And forasmuche as the infected people there, for many weekes … Mason (an officer, by youre apointment for receipt thereof and the disbursinge it acordingly which might have tended to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… material as the walls. The roofs are covered with slates and stone slates. The church, consisting of Chancel and Nave, is of 12th-century origin but was lengthened, and the West Tower added, probably in the 13th century. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Stour, 6 m. N.W. of Colchester. The church, Church House and Jenkin's Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … some admixture of brick; the dressings are of limestone and Roman brick, and the roofs are tiled. The Nave and the West Tower were …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, and the men continued to hold 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly field boundaries, but …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A manor in Wormingford assessed at 1½ hides and 10 a. was held in 1066 by Godwin and in 1086 by Robert …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… was built early in the 12th century, but was lengthened, and the W. wall re-built probably when the bell-turret was … had become ruinous, has been re-built in modern times, and the South Porch is also modern. Architectural … are two windows, the eastern of the 15th or 16th century and of two square-headed lights; the western window is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes through it. The living is a …