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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 13th century. It then adjoined the lord of Little Carlton's wood, 19 later called Lophams wood, covering 32 a. in 1612 … Furthest south, by the boundary with Weston, was the king's wood. Henry III granted it in 1227 to the Templars, 22 who … in 1800. The name Willingham, the dwelling of Willa's folk, 24 combined with its location on the road linking …
A History of the County of Surrey
… ridge mentioned there are several considerable gentlemen's houses built in recent years. The parish is agricultural, … ground, 2 miles north-east of Charlwood village; Johnson's Common and White's Common were roadside wastes, now inclosed. The Brighton …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the local tradition that the place was called Lockshire's Moat, after a supposed Sir John Lockshire, who had a house … manors of Chelsham Court and Titsey paid annual rents of 4 s. and 6 s. respectively to Chelsham Watevile with suits of … land which his brother Thomas had made over to John Symond for the purpose of the payment of the legacies made in …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… River Thames forms the boundary and on the north Bradford's Brook and Mill Brook. There are several streams in the … and is mentioned in 156970 3 under the name of Cowper's Barn. It was of great size, measuring 303 ft. in length, 51 … with other lands in Berkshire he exchanged for King Alfred's lands at 'Ciseldenu.' According to tradition King Ethelred …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of woods and plantations. 1 In 1911 a small part of King's Norton was added to this parish. Bilberry Hill (800 ft.) … HACKETT, remained a member of the Bishop of Worcester's manor of Alvechurch at least as late as the end of the 13th … the bishop this manor was held by the Beauchamps, Urse's successors, as of their barony of Elmley, and the mesne …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the 13th century. 21 Then follow, on the west bank, Hunter's Hall (the old 'Hunting Hall' 22 of the lord of Middleham, … is Fleensop. Then the stream flows above St. Simon's Chapel by St. Simon's Wath, Well and Dub, with Griff Mill … the chapel and assigned him all offerings made to 'St. Symond.' The hermits used to dwell at the end of the chapel, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… has departed from its old route. Thus, owing to the road's former alignment on the ford across the Thame instead of on … 1864, has a station at Wheatley, after the Wycombe company's proposal to build a line in 1860 had been stopped by the … area. The latter is the remnant of the Abbot of Abingdon's wood, reckoned as half a mile broad and eight furlongs long …
A History of the County of Hertford
… house and park of Bragbury, the residence of Mr. Samuel S. Berger, J.P. The park has an extent of about 50 acres and … are several hamlets in the parish. In the south is Painter's Green, where the road forks to Datchworth Green and Hawkin's Hall. In the extreme south of the parish are the hamlets of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… their great poverty they were unable to satisfy the king's public aids, without depriving themselves of their … fourteen, to which they were reduced in king Edward III.'s reign, and it appears that they afterwards continued … yearly rent of twenty pounds, to hold in capite by knight's service. He died in the 1st year of queen Elizabeth, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… the parish consisted of only six houses and one labourer's cottage, 'the only one ever known there.' 2 The parish is … de Doverdale held the manor by the service of one knight's fee, 9 and early in the 13th century William and Hugh Blund … brother of Francis. 31 Thomas Brace died in his father's lifetime, leaving no son, so that on the death of Francis …