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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 21 From that date much of the land in the parish was park-land, and the exploitation of the woodland was of … for other industrial purposes. Three mills, of which only Park Mill was in Woodchester parish, stood on the Inch brook. 31 Park Mill, standing on the lowest lake in Woodchester Park, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… tenants also enjoyed valuable rights in the woodland. 9 A park was recorded at Woodchester from 1311 10 but was greatly … land of the parish in the early 17th century. 11 The park, known as Woodchester, or Spring, Park, 12 was situated in the west of the parish and extended …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… son Henry Vincent Leigh who sold it in 1922 to J. H. Tooley. 80 Part of the estate had been sold by Tooley before 1933 when Mrs. M. Brodie owned Bown Hill farm … which carried out some deforestation before selling the park to a consortium which employed Fountain Forestry Ltd. as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Kirtling boundary in the south. The surviving Ditton Park wood was in the late 13th century partly coppiced and partly the outlying wood-pasture park of Ditton Camoys manor, in all 220 a. 39 A double … down 400 oaks, 13 ashes, and underwood. 40 It was still a park in the early 16th century, 41 but later was managed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with the rectory manor and from 1742 with the Cheveley Park estate. 14 The Crown presented in 1551, 15 Henry Coke in … 65 until 1897-9, when Col. Harry McCalmont of Cheveley Park met the cost of reroofing the chancel and nave, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mainly from non-resident owners. 25 The duke's Cheveley Park estate included 4,100 a. of Woodditton in 1812, 26 and … and the Hammond family. 31 After the sale of Cheveley Park c. 1920 the farms on the west side of Woodditton … burnt down in 1800. 39 Lord George Manners of Cheveley Park experimented with 'partnership farming' between 1872 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… united in 1608 and all five were added to the Cheveley Park estate between 1730 and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth … duke of Somerset, 90 soon to be owner of the Cheveley Park estate. 91 Ditton Camoys manor thereafter descended with … 20 Ditton Valence manor then passed with the Cheveley Park estate. In the 14th and 15th centuries the manor house …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… bend, and between the road and river are Heale House and Park. The road which runs along the crest of the downs on the … it also bears the Royal Arms, painted and gilded. At Heale Park there is a pair of cottages below the level of the road. …
A History of the County of Essex
… and a raised central concourse above an extensive car park. Many new residents moved from places nearer London. … ground of 32 a. lies to the west of Roding Lane North, Ray Park of 30 a. is north of Snakes Lane, and Old Mill playing …
A History of the County of Essex
… with hipped roofs. 60 This house was set in about 50 a. of park. 61 In 1810 Charles Bacon designed an entrance gateway and a ruin in the park. 62 The custom of Borough English prevailed in this … time the fields around the house had been turned into a park of some 70 a., 30 a. of which were copyhold of Woodford …