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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WHEATACRE ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Loddon and Clavering, hundred of Clavering, E. division of Norfolk, … It is bounded on the northeast by the river Waveney, and comprises by measurement 1147 acres, of which 420 are arable, 653 meadow and pasture, 56 woodland, and 18 waste. The living is a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… will a sum, represented in 1968 by £197 stock, for widows and the aged poor; R. H. Carter (d. 1868) gave by will £200 for poor not receiving relief; and by will proved 1877 Daniel Crump gave £100 for bread for … distributed in 1968 in cash to 14 recipients under Elton's and Brewer's charities and to 22 under Carter's and Crump's. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to 30 s. 63 In 1220 there were again six plough-teams 64 and the proportion of the land held in demesne may have … remained roughly constant between the late 11th century and the early 14th, for in 1327 the lord's assessment for tax … century: in 1821 more families were supported by trade and industry than by agriculture, and only slightly fewer in 1811 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Wheatenhurst had its own view of frankpledge by 1479, 56 and apparently by 1424. 57 The tenants of the manor … 59 No record of the court leet is known to survive, and none of a court baron except for two copies of court roll of William Bayly's manor, of 1644 and 1649. 60 Bayly's successor, John Eckly, was said to hold …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Wheathampstead with Harpenden Churches and charities CHURCHES The church of ST. HELEN, 196 … consists of a chancel of three bays, with a north vestry and a staircase to the rood-loft on the north-west, a central tower, north and south transepts, a nave and aisles of three bays, with a …
A History of the County of Hertford
… now divided into the separate parishes of Wheathampstead and Harpenden, is situated at the north-west of the county on … in shape, being about six miles across from east to west, and about three from north to south. The parish before the … there were brick kilns on Nomansland Common, 7 and the industry still continues in the parish. Pickford Mill, in …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… York. 1 The main street runs along the top of the ridge, and the element 'ric' in the place-name may refer to the … clay of the moraine is topped by a narrow strip of sand and gravel, in places exceeding 50 ft. above sea-level. 5 Elsewhere the outwash sand, gravel, and clay lie mostly at between 25 ft. and 50 ft., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat: the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand and gravel; grain of every kind is grown, and the meadows and … northern extremity of the town is an extensive house of industry, built and principally supported from the funds of … Osborne-place is a large establishment for dyeing woollen-cloth. In a southern direction, the parish extends to …
A History of the County of Essex
… distinguished from the better soil of Earls Colne and Colne Engaine. 49Woodland which had probably covered much … Berwick manor, there were two ploughs on the demesne and one on the tenants' land in 1086. 51The demesne arable … 1 as a milliner or strawbonnetmaker; by 1871, although the industry was flourishing further west, the number of workers …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Colne c. 12 miles west of Colchester and c. 4 miles east of Halstead. 52It was bounded on the … the Reading brook, on the north by the Cambridge brook, and on the west by field boundaries. Fields in the north- … the Colchester road on Colneford hill was in White Colne, and other minor adjustments to the western boundaries were …