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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The … is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to … in Heale consisting of one messuage, 48 a. arable, 1 a. meadow, and common of pasture was held in 1324 by Robert …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … by manorial tenants had fallen to seven. The 26 a. of meadow by the river accounts for the large number of 100 …
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. In 1965 Wanstead and Woodford, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Angrices burne (the river Roding) to ealdermannes hcce and cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the … to the point where the vills of Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Woodford met, was mentioned in 1414. 3 The manor granted … Woodford Row, besides several small crofts and pieces of meadow. 139 John Pylbarough remained as tenant after the …
A History of the County of Essex
… does not seem to have been appropriated, even temporarily, and its incumbent has always been styled a rector. But part … composition was made in 1224 between the abbot of Waltham and the rector of Woodford to settle certain divisions of … with a close of 3 a. beside the barn. There were 3 a. of meadow in the common mead, 'the Parson's Grove', and another …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … parish comprises 1407 acres, of which 788 are arable, 384 meadow, pasture, and down, 169 wood, and 65 furze, waste, &c. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … 1396 acres, of which 889 are arable, 338 woodland, 25 meadow, 117 open down and furze common, and 18 in homesteads; …
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 … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 … likely to allude to adjacent common pasture. 12 Demesne meadow was recorded in the Middle Ages on Woodmancote and …
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 … and the present house may be partly 18th-century. (41) Meadow View (Fig. 217), one storey and attics, class 3b, …
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 … until 1779 Sarah sublet the inn to William Barke, formerly butler to the duke of Marlborough, and it was renamed the …