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A History of the County of Sussex
… Lower Beeding Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES ST. LEONARD'S FOREST, called a manor in … the rape. 85 In 1234-5 Peter de Rivaux, Robert le Savage, and Richard, earl of Cornwall, successively had the keeping …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish as a single township. 64 From the 13th century and probably from the 11th the two were tenurially distinct, … later estate boundary coinciding with that of the parish, and possibly there were two separate foci from an early date. … of early occupation has been noted on either site, and neither was mentioned before the early 13th century. 66 …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… stretch of Roman road, contemporary structures along it, and the junction with the now obliterated Ryknild Street are noted under Bourton-on-the Water (2b) and (3). Buckle Street, running N.N.W. from Bourton Bridge, … or temple, eleven wells, and evidence for iron working, agriculture and possibly for the fashioning of stone. There …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… miles west of Market Harborough on the main road to Rugby, and the River Welland forms the southern boundary of both parish and county. Thorpe Lubenham, lying south of the river in the … in Lubenham over 20 years of age only 71 were employed in agriculture-17 farmers and 54 labourers. Of the rest 27 were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. It is situated on the road between Grimsby and Louth. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's … land in 1774; the glebe altogether contains between 300 and 400 acres, with a house. Here is a place of worship for … works; T. A. Knight, Esq., author of various works on Horticulture; and Dr. Badham, the translator of Juvenal, were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Peter), a parish, in the hundred of Radlow, union and county of Hereford, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Hereford; … 690 inhabitants. It is intersected by the river Lug, and the road from Hereford to Ledbury; and contains 2036 acres, of a highly fertile soil. The living …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W.) from the town of Spilsby; containing 148 inhabitants, and comprising about 900 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 8. 14., and in the patronage of Mrs. Brackenbury; net income, 200. … tything, in the parish of CastleEaton, union of Highworth and Swindon, hundred of Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… village called Newerne, the village of Aylburton, and scattered farmsteads in the tithings of Purton, Nass, and … been the site of the rectory buildings. ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In 1086 the new manor formed from four estates … who was an advocate of co-operative principles in agriculture, 14 founded the Lydney and District Farmers' …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ECONOMIC HISTORY. Hedges, ditches, old watercourses, and at least one bridge mentioned in the perambulation … the charter of West Lyng of 937 indicate the progress of agriculture on the Lyng ridge and the beginnings of … flooding 17 may have been why, in the late 18th century, agriculture was said to be 'badly attended to'. 18 Lyng Court …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… mouth of the Ribble; Lytham proper is at the eastern end, and is bounded on the south by the Ribble; while St. Anne's, … formerly called Heyhouses, occupies the north-west portion and looks out over the Irish Sea to the west. The area … 5,309 acres 2 was occupied by sandy wastes on the sea side and mosses inland, but there was arable land to the …