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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wollaton, Olaveston WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called … of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve bovats. 1 There afterwards Warner …
A Dictionary of London
… Wollewharf See Wool Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later … Court" in Rocque, 1746, but rebuilt later. Removed 1884 for the erection of the City of London Artizans' Dwellings … the commodities sold in them, or in the great market of Cheap to which they were adjacent. Pavements of tesseræ were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 … unrealistically low: a cottage rented from the estate for £2 was sublet for £6 10 s., and five cottages with a … and by 1922 both works were on a three-day week as cheap foreign steel took over the home market. In 1922 the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It was less useful in its crude form, as one diarist found to his cost when … was confined largely to fixing HINGEs, and rather later for securing the corner blocks in the seat frames of CHAIRs … that a version was available as a TOY. They were very cheap, being valued at less than 1d each [Inventories …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged … minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the … Oct., 1621, M.A. 5 June, 1624; perhaps rector of St. Peter Cheap, London, 1665, until the following year, when his …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO … A century before Lysons the graveyard was 'famous for its tesseraick work' (Gibson, Camden's Britannia (1695), … is limited, but exploratory excavations conducted for the Department of the Environment by Mr. Giles Clarke in …
A History of the County of Essex
… the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits of justice 1 and, from the … 13th century at least, held a view of frankpledge there. 2 In 1465 the abbot rebutted the demand of the abbess of … provided with the necessary instruments for correction and punishment, such as tumbrel and gallows, while such offenders …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Religious history CHURCHES. A church was evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the … a rector. But part of the income may have been reserved for the sacristy: a composition was made in 1224 between the … with the lordship of the manor until 1898, 4 except for occasional turns. Thus, for example, Sir Thomas More …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Woodham Mortimer 104. WOODHAM MORTIMER. (E.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)liii. S.E. (b)liii. S.W.) Woodham Mortimer is a small … walls are mainly of septaria with some re-used freestone in the rubble. The dressings are limestone. The church has … chancelmodern recess, plain cushion capital with drain of pillar-piscina, 12th-century. Plate: includes a cup without …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side … 1673 the village appears to have been socially depressed, for it had a high proportion of families rated at one hearth … in chancel (1), twin recesses with trefoil heads, central pillar with capital carved with volutes and a mask stop, sunk …