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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land … before 896 when the bishop granted a life-interest in the estate to Ethelwald and his son Ahlmund. 45 The bishop no longer owned an estate in 1066 when there were two estates at Woodchester, one of …
The Environs of London
… 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 … the forest of Waltham (commonly called Epping Forest) is in this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a … Godden's cockpit factory was taken over c. 1908 by A. G. Spalding Bros. and was occupied by successive companies, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. … 1650 named the Woolavington causeway where it crosses the moor, known as Woolavington level, north of the village, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Woolhope 95 WOOLHOPE (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXV, S.W., (b)XL, N.E., (c)XL, S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., … roofs are covered with tiles and slates. The earliest work in the church is of mid 12th-century date and includes part of the Chancel, with a window in the N. wall, and the restored or re-built N. arcade of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One of the largest horse-fairs in …
The Environs of London
… Woolwich WOOLWICH. Name. THIS place in old charters is called Hulviz, Wolwiche, Wollewic, &c. I … parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite side of the … and the remainder upland pasture 3. The soil, except in the marshes, is principally gravel. At the east end of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal … cattle, and there was a small common meadow called West moor. The copyholders had feeding in common for 727 sheep, …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Ref.110 BA1/1/16/29 (1601) To the right reverend father in God the Lord Bushopp and others her majesties justices of … and one whoe was borne and hath byn alwayes dwellinge in Odingley and haveinge noe maintenance or frindes to … forceiblie turned out of an out howse of Thomas Sales in Odingley wherein she had byn almost three yeres, ever …