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A History of the County of Essex
… a. of meadow. 51 Mixed farming was carried on at Bowdens farm beside the Stour in the 16th century. 52 Church Hall … and Poleghelegh which bordered Robert of Horkesley's wood in 1290, were probably assarts near the Little … increased from £4 to £6, while the value of the sokemen's holdings remained 40 s. 65 The parish was one of the poorer …
A History of the County of Essex
… which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the … is that a crocodile escaped from Richard I's menagerie in the Tower of London and caused much damage in … with Georgian styling at the west front. 68 Jenkin's Farm, ½ mile south of the church, was built c. 1583; probably …
A History of the County of Essex
… to repair the private road to Garnons (then called Gardner farm), which was occupied by one of them. 32 In 1795, during … the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from which he was to provide food, … who went out to work. From 1778 he agreed to pay doctor's fees, except for smallpox and fractures. Numbers in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to … Mountfichet. In 1267 on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de Munfichet, the overlordship passed to … 29 In 1791 George Nottidge bought it (then described as a farm called Garners). 30 He or another George Nottidge died …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. WORMINGHALL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxi. N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. … of King, 17th-century. ConditionGood. Secular b(2). Court Farm, about 80 yards S.W. of the church, is of two storeys …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 m. N.W. of … S.S.W. of the house. ConditionPoor. a(3). Court House Farm, house, 70 yards E. of the church, is of two storeys, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This … principally supported by his lordship; and the poor have a farm producing 29 per annum, given to them in the reign of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It … and hedges. On the high limestone tableland are Renscombe Farm, Weston Farm, Worth Matravers and Eastington Farm. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the … in 1918 casual gardening afforded higher rewards to local farm-workers than agricultural overtime. 70 In the 1920s and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … Scheme of 1972; £4.80 was paid out in 1975. St. Elizabeth's alms-houses were founded in 1859 by Alfred Burges of … About 1920 John Pearson of Worthing established Pearson's Retreat Cottage Homes for poor, elderly inhabitants of …