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Survey of London
… the Fulham Road (on its north side) between Thistle Grove and Redcliffe Gardens. Something is also said of the history … of a resident at 'lytle Cheley [ sic] in this parish', 1 and in 1625 an alehouse at Little Chelsea was giving trouble … a few had evidently been built together in the 1650's) and in Chelsea perhaps eight. Titled names occur, with Sir …
A History of the County of Essex
… was well advanced by 1086 when both the demesne farm and the tenants had 2 ploughs. In 1266 the demesne comprised … 222 a. of arable, 10 a. of meadow, 17 a. of pasture, and 20 a. of common wood. Tenants paid rents of assize worth … turnips. 24 Most 19th century inhabitants were engaged in agriculture either as farmers or farm labourers, or in …
A History of the County of Essex
… The two parishes presumably once formed a single unit and have been closely connected throughout their history. The … bordering Little Horkesley on its south bank. The western and southern boundaries follow field boundaries against Wormingford and West Bergholt, and the north-eastern boundary against …
A History of the County of Essex
… it from Great Ilford, in Barking parish. 2 Its southern and western boundaries marched with East Ham and its northern … obtained licence from the Crown to inclose the land for agriculture. 163 Much of the estate then consisted of … most of the small population of the parish was engaged in agriculture. 180 From the 1850s, however, other occupations …
A History of the County of Essex
… 3 There were 15 inhabited houses in 1801, 20 in 1811, and 16 in 1821. 4 In 1801 the population was 90. 5 By 1841 it … 1891. 7 At the end of the century it fell just below 100 and has since remained about this level. 8 In 1951 it was 96. … Laver has always been a rural parish devoted mainly to agriculture. The Collins family, owners of the manors of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Little Stanmore Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In 1086 Little Stanmore, like Great Stanmore, was assessed at 9½ hides and included land for 7 ploughs, pasture for the cattle of … with a stock of 300-350 sows, in 1972. 96 At that date agriculture was still carried on in the north, at Brockley …
A History of the County of Essex
… lies 3 miles south of Brentwood. between Great Warley and Childerditch. 1 The ancient parish comprised 1,691 a.; it … included a detached part of 96 a. which lay in Corringham and was transferred to that parish in 1882. 2 The main part … a wooded ridge to the Thames plain. The parish was rural and thinly populated until the 19th century, when barracks …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Little Wenlock village lies 4½ km. south of Wellington and 3½ km. west of Dawley. 88 The civil parish, lying … until then it had formed part of the borough of Wenlock and its boundaries had remained those of the ancient parish, … the southernmost tip the boundary followed Birches brook and a tributary. Except for a narrow arm of territory …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Little Wenlock Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. It seems likely that in the Anglo-Saxon period … in demesne with three more between four villeins and two bordars. There was, however, woodland for fattening … had ceased and most of the old sites had been returned to agriculture or taken over for fireclay extraction. A large …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… centres of population were Little Wenlock, the manorial and ecclesiastical centre, and Huntington, always a smaller place. Eight inhabitants … were 147 poll-tax payers, 31 of them at Huntington, 29 and 174 adult inhabitants were returned in 1676. 30 In the …