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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … 61 Lower Links covert and Moorley plantation on Saxon Hall farm were planted for game by 1865. 62 After 1920 the shelter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Mill fields in Saxton. 99 Each manor had a home farm in 1086. 1 Ditton Camoys's had only two ploughteams but expanded by the later 13th … or fields south-east of Ditton Green. 3 Ditton Valence's home farm, with four teams in 1086, was diminished by …
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 … in 1461. 21 The site was probably that of Church Hall Farm, 22 where an L-shaped Georgian farmhouse was demolished …
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. … at Kirby in the early 18th century. Its successor, Hootens Farm, is the only house in the area today. The earthworks of … once the main street, which crosses the area from S.W. to N.E. ('a'-'b' on plan). It is visible S. of the …
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 … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … Lodge, in the north-west corner of the parish, and Chine Farm, which lies in a hollow a mile to the east of Upper …
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, … with Hill House and Gales east of the Roding, and Milkwell farm. There were then 339 a. of arable land compared with … that the water pent up for Sir Bernard Whetstone's mill flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been …
A History of the County of Essex
… House derived its name; Richard Gal gave his name to Gales Farm; Thomas and Robert de ponte took their name from the … 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 … but after 1659 rates were assessed on property values: 1 s. in the pound in 1707, rising in the late 18th century to 9 …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; … Buckhurst, 74 and in 1646 it was described as a manor or farm. 75 In 1547, after the Dissolution, Edward VI granted …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Woodham 227. WOODHAM. (O.S. 6 in. xxvii. N.E.) Secular (1). Homestead Moat, near a stream N.W. of Akeman Street Station. (2). Collett Farm, W. of (1), about 3 miles W.S.W. of Quainton Church, is a house of two storeys and an …