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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the … I ever saw. In the saloon is a masterly performance of dogs worrying a boar. The Common drawing-room possesses among …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (1). Holy Trinity Church, Old Wolverton, 1 mile E.N.E. of Stony Stratford, was re-built in 1815, except the two lower stages of the West Tower which are probably of the 14th century. The tower was originally central and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … of the cinque-port liberty of Dovor, in the union of the Isle of Thanet, locally in the hundred of Ringslow, or the Isle of Thanet, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., … rector of Brooke 1723, and vicar of Shalfleet, (both) isle of Wight, 1730; brother of Heighes, etc. See Foster's … half-brother of Ralph. Worseley, (Sir) Edward s. John, of isle of Wight, arm. Magdalen Hall, matric. 16 Feb., 1637-8, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the bishop of … 38, 248; the first references pre-date the grant of the Isle of Wight for life to the earl of Salisbury in 1385: Cal. …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half … anno 1643; (collected 8s. 5d.). The town of Douglas in the Isle of Man, burnt by Turkish pirates, 1644; (collected 1l. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1086; 73 the farm had 200 a. in 1434, including 80 a. of pasture in Morley park. 74 The demesne farm of Wick manor in 1318 had c. 160 a. 75 Those three demesne … Morley Park farm had 166 a. in 1768. 77 The demesne lands of Wickensands manor totalled 284 a. in 1558-9, when they …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 212 Woodnewton Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census returns of 1841-81. 51 The descent of many sites may therefore be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose … scavenging, and in 1654 he was charged also with keeping dogs out of the church and children out of the churchyard in …