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A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route … converted to make cottages, one of which included a potter's workshop. South of Frogmarsh, on the lane called Convent … the 1860s incorporating an earlier farm-house called Bird's Hill Farm, 29 and the 18th-century Chester Hill House; the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the 10-hide royal manor in 1086 in defiance of Ely's claim, 59 which was never satisfied. The history of the … 1264), lord of a third of the barony of Bourn, had knight's fee in Woodditton until 1228. 60 In the 1230s the holder of … 15th centuries the manor house stood within a moat whose bridge was mentioned in 1461. 21 The site was probably that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 700 hectares (Fig. 28). It is bounded on both the N. and S. by E.-flowing tributaries of the R. Tove at about 115 m. … once the main street, which crosses the area from S.W. to N.E. ('a'-'b' on plan). It is visible S. of the modern farm buildings as an uneven hollow-way ('a') …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene and Cranford Brook, on land rising S.W. from 100 ft. to 280 ft. above OD. The higher S.W. part is on Boulder Clay, but along the valley sides … Clay at 220 ft. above OD and in a line orientated N.N.W.-S.S.E. Each barrow touches its neighbour and there are no …
The Environs of London
… was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the … free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … Alderman of London, 1625; Anne, wife of Thomas Holbech, S. T. P. daughter of Patrick Melvill, 1666; Richard Bayly, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … antiquity, going from east to west across the parish. A bridge at Upper Woodford, which was in existence in 1370, 5 … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon …
A History of the County of Essex
… paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at hay-time and two or three men to the boon works, … that the water pent up for Sir Bernard Whetstone's mill flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been … ii. 417; Patent artificial slate-manufactory at Woodford Bridge, Essex , 17. For the slate factory c. 1776 see plate …
A History of the County of Essex
… committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's Church of England school, Woodford Bridge, was opened in 1859, in association with the National … was opened in 1913 for boys from the local Dr. Barnardo's Home. In 1946 the boys were transferred to other Woodford …
A History of the County of Essex
… together, grew up along the High Road and at Woodford Bridge in the north-east corner of the parish. The wooded … portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House …
A History of the County of Essex
… court. He claimed that, because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 … clerk, who had previously served unpaid, was granted 10 10 s. a year. Two overseers were appointed each year. Each … was appointed for the 'town' and one for Woodford Bridge. Fining to avoid parish office was allowed from at …