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A History of the County of Gloucester
… in addition to the manor estate, lands centred on Ley Mill Farm and Leyfold Farm 94 which had earlier belonged to … his son John (d. 1863), and to John's son Edmund. 99 Ley Mill and Leyfold farms were put up for sale with the Probyn's … sold with that estate in the early 1930s. 3 In 1969 Ley Mill and Leyfold farms with a total of 376 a. belonged to Mr. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Westbury Stourton with the important Bitham fulling mill. 59 His sons and grandson were mill owners in Westbury and Bratton. 60 Thenceforth the … be of a prescribed length to be measured at the fulling mill. 2 But there is no reason to suppose that the industry …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Church and Edward Streets, lies the Angel Cloth Mill. Bitham Cloth Mill lies to the north-east and abuts on to Bitham Lane and … from the road, and occupying as part of its premises the mill called Balls Mill in the later 19th century. 62 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 161920, with the exception of Bitham House, a fulling mill called Bitham Mill, 80 and a close called Gaston, to Sir James Ley (cr. … sold, in 154950, to Thomas Long, clothier of Trowbridge, a mill and various tenements in Westbury, which probably …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the capital manor of Westbury. 62 In 1226-7 the grant of a mill, formerly belonging to Alric at Brook, then part of the … to the priory of Monkton Farleigh. 63 It was probably this mill which Walter Pavely acquired from Monkton Farleigh in … of his estate at Brook on his death in 1323. 65 A fulling mill at Brook was leased by Henry Long, a Westbury clothier, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… numbered 175. At about this date a stream near Boyer's Mill was used for baptisms, later a stream at Stormore was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… township. Messrs. Isherwood and Hayes have a large cotton-mill, established in 1835, and employing 400 hands; and here is also a flour-mill. Westleigh Hall is the property and residence of Richard …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1086 it was held of Earl Roger by William, and included a mill, a church, and one haw in Chichester. Of the 9 hides at … Farm. 20 In about 1230 John de St. George owned the mill of Potte, of which the tithes, 'when the mill fortunes to grind', were leased to him during the life …