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A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the new population John had set apart a number of burgages facing on the seven main streets of the borough. The number of the original burgages it is impossible to determine. There were 168 in … holding was half a burgage, and it is likely that the burgages were divisible from the outset. At the same date …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… lay. 8 The first evidence found for the location of the burgages occurs in 1777 when there were 61 distributed among … of lands scattered throughout the ancient parish, and the burgages must have been in those parts which were situated … converged upon, the town. In 1835 it was reported that the burgages lay in three separate areas of the urban area, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… by the late 13th century, 9 and a portmote by 1361. 10 Burgages are mentioned in the later 14th century and their origin is probably considerably earlier. 11 The burgages naturally did not occupy the whole area of the … and by 1835 the borough was held to include the ancient burgages, arranged in three blocks, but to exclude the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Marlborough 1626) acquired all 10 estates in which the burgages were situated, 97 and in the seven Parliaments, for … Earl of Abingdon (d. 1743) had acquired 50 out of the 61 burgages, 2 and although the family's control was challenged … the 4th earl on his death in 1799 held all but two of the burgages. 4 This control passed in 1810 to Sir Manasseh …