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A History of the County of Essex
… a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon … in 1772 but apparently closed soon afterwards. 69 Capt. Daniel Harvey (d. 1793), who was an acquaintance of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and larder were heard; … county council. 81 Before 1964 there was a fire station in Brook Street, a former boathouse, sited there apparently so …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … 1780s Wilkinson had opened another furnace nearby, on a brook at Hollinswood. It was associated with those at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … on the east by a stream dividing Hadley wood from the king's wood (Wrockwardine wood), on the west by Springwell brook, and on the south by Watling Street. 90 Eastward and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… comprised Wrockwardine Wood C.P. (914 a.) and the new C.P.s of St. George's (129 a.) and Priorslee (584 a.). 56 In 1934 the U.D.'s … c. 1269. The western boundary partly followed Springwell brook, whose ancient course was largely obliterated by …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodall, William 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, … Derby, gent.; brother of Lawrence same date. [ 30] Wright, Daniel s. Edward, of Sutton, co. Leicester, gent. Magdalen … Salop, 1672. See Foster's Index Eccl. Wycherley, Henry s. Daniel, of Cliffe, Salop, gent. Christ Church, matric. 18 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small … during the 16th century. 10 The tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working … Park Mill was in Woodchester parish, stood on the Inch brook. 31 Park Mill, standing on the lowest lake in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… built, and the southern boundary is formed by the Inch brook and ornamental ponds built on the brook by the late … by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route … converted to make cottages, one of which included a potter's workshop. South of Frogmarsh, on the lane called Convent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Woodford 107. WOODFORD. (B.e.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)lxv. N.E. (b)lxv. S.E.) Woodford is a parish and suburb of London adjoining … 1708. Brasses: In S. aisleon E. wall, (1) to Ann, wife of Daniel Thelwall, 1638, inscription only. On S. wall (2) to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 880 hectares, lies between the R. Nene and Cranford Brook, on land rising S.W. from 100 ft. to 280 ft. above OD. The higher S.W. part is on Boulder Clay, but along the valley sides …