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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… ward. The establishment, according to Sir John Doddridge's historical account of North Wales, published about the … Edward himself led an army into the Welsh territory. Madoc's insurrection rendered useless all that had been previously … economy of Carnarvonshire, and as the whole stock of the farm, both cattle and sheep, during the spring and summer, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 10 miles (S. W.) from Manchester; the township containing 559 … Bolingbroke, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 1 mile (S.) from New Bolingbroke; containing 229 inhabitants. It was … gout, and in nephritic and cutaneous diseases; and at Pit Farm, in the parish, is an intermitting spring. Cartmel-Fell …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of whom 766 are in the village of Carnwath, 25 miles (S. W.) from Edinburgh. This place is supposed to have derived … and also in February, principally for the hiring of farm-servants. On the day after the August fair, a foot-race … of Lanark and synod of Glasgow and Ayr; the minister's stipend is 250. 17.6., with a manse, and a glebe valued at …
The Environs of London
… 386l. 6s. 8 d. to the land-tax, which is at the rate of 1 s. 7 d. in the pound. The river Wandle passes through the … occupied by Mr. Curtis and Mr. Patch: Mr. Savignac's mills for preparing leather and parchment: Mr. Filby's … Cleopatra, C. VII. and Leland's Coll. vol. i. p. 7. Fee-farm rolls, Augmentation Office, Terrier of Lands in Surrey, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1st century the Roman Akeman Street cut across the area's northern edge, crossing the river Windrush in Asthall … on the fringes of the royal demesne. The ancient 'Salter's Way', which ran southwards through Asthall and Brize … as at High House in Clanfield (built in 1856), or Manor Farm in Black Bourton (extended in 18613); a few houses …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Garden. 4 Larger businesses included the Humphries family's Frenchester Nurseries south of Brize Norton Road, well … an hotel (the Beehive), and a boarding house in Rock Farm. 9 Carterton nevertheless remained predominantly … for employment. 13 A second industrial estate on the town's eastern edge was opened in the early 1980s, when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… he acquired from W. C. Arkell, in 1900, the 740-a. Rock farm north of Black Bourton village, part of an estate sold … a local trades directory. 3 By 1911 Black Bourton parish's total population had risen to 577, of which probably two … in Carterton; by 1931 it was 710, reflecting Carterton's early success as a market-gardening centre. Carterton's …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… de Cleyton minor est quam extenta de Elkesdon de IV. S. annuis, quos Prior de Trentham dominis de Keblesdon pro … 4 d. worth of yearly rent in land, formerly her husband's, in Clayton Griffyn. These witnesses, Roger Swinnerton, … Dat' apud Novum Castrum subtus Lymam, die lune in festo S. Barnabe Ap. H. T. Willielmo Thickenes, tunc maior ville de …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… Has ever been well-affected. 208 417 20 March. Fine 8 l. 6 s. 8 d. 208 417 Claimant on the Estate of Sir Thomas … allowance of a rent-charge of 12 l. a year on Haggerston's lands, sequestered for delinquency, which Mrs. Oard bought … no allowance from the Committee for Compounding. Barton Farm being discovered to be undervalued, now the purchaser …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… to report 17 82 140 867 R. 82 862 8 Dec. 1653. On Brereton's report, the Committee for Compounding order that if the … complains that the County Commissioners refuse a half-year's pay of the 50 l. augmentation granted out of the … of Semley, Wilts. On 22 Dec. 1647, Semley Manor and Hook Farm, co. Wilts, were adjudged sequestered for delinquency of …