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A History of the County of Sussex
… not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more intermittently. … often, at least once every two years, and sometimes two or three times a year, but after 1847 business was … a temporary supply from a well sunk in the chalk at Lyons farm, Broadwater, 91 and from 1897 by a new pumping station …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two … place is noticed by Leland as giving name to a small beck, or stream, which flowed by it in its course from Panton to … an almshouse for six clergymen's widows, and six widowers or widows, of Wragby, which, in 1707, he endowed with a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… 1589. ConditionGood; much restored. Secular a, b(2). Moat Farm, house and moat, about 1 miles N.E. of the church. The …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… objects have been found in the vicinity of Symonds' Hall Farm (ST 790960). A fragment of a quern 1 was picked up immediately S. of the farm in 1969 (ST 790958). A metal spoon 2 was found below the … Celtic mother-goddesses may originate from this area, or from Kingscote (1) further east. A brooch 4 was found in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… a four-centred head with a moulded label, all of late 15th or early 16th-century date, set in 14th-century splays.and … jambs and two-centred arch, probably of late 14th or early 15th-century date. Between the two western windows … moat with a fishpond on the W. side. e(4). At Fithler's Farm, nearly 3 m. W.S.W. of the church. e(5). At Marshall's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … prehistoric site with Bronze Age ring ditches and Iron Age or Romano-British ditches and enclosures. 3 Another possible … It was a hotel from c. 1928 to c. 1933 but later a chicken farm, then a lodging house. Telford development corporation …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … by his successors in the living: the reformer was born in or near this place. Wycombe WYCOMBE, a hamlet, in the parish … N. E.) from Melton; with 58 inhabitants. Wycombe, High, or Chipping-Wycombe (All Saints) WYCOMBE, HIGH, or …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was … north part of the township probably marked the site of the farm or lodge of a medieval assart. 16 By the mid 17th century …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount Gilbert or the Wrekin. By c. 1290 assarting had begun, and it may … lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir George Saville, one of the lords …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's … of Pengwern 57 - was perhaps one reason why the manor had, or claimed, rights over a large part of the area's economic … 1650, when some engrossment had already occurred, average farm size was 17-32 a. 83 A variety of cereals was grown, …