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A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … was amalgamated with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and Woodford was formed. … overlooking the green, and a number of mansions. 31 The growing population of Woodford Green was attested by its fine …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … was recorded in 1866, 44 and in 1875 there were 2 a. of orchards. By 1909 there were 6 a. of orchards, growing apples and pears, and 3 a. of small fruit, all strawberries. 45 There was a nurseryman at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years from 1733. 50 Until 1764 their arrangement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … which by then was a roofed structure; 78 vegetables, fruit, and oatmeal were also sold in Market Place in 1652 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town … inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. The town was transformed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … all Tories or Conservatives, but from 1865 there was a growing Liberal challenge. Antipathy to the 'thraldom' of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 that Tintern should receive all parish dues from Woolaston, Aluredston, and Alvington except tithes of the demesne of Alvington, and that in return the abbey should serve the chapel of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest … pears as well as livestock. 33 The continued importance of fruit-growing is revealed in the presence of cider-mills at … a valuable part of a cottage holding. 69 Many such small orchards survived in 1969, but the only cider-mill in use …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … Headland ( Iwes Heafdan) in 956, and yew trees were growing there in 1969. 5 The northern boundary followed the … levelled c. 1960. Other foundations have been found in orchards near the farm, including those of a ruined cottage …