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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne … part of the parish the place-name Redding is common, Monks Redding occurring at Madgett in 1476 and west of … Roads Grove, part of Oakhill Wood, presumably for assarts or pasture rights. 18 The abbey and its tenants had been …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… houses on the Gloucester-Chepstow road are of late-19th- or 20th-century date. At Gumstalls, where in 1969 there stood … houses at Plusterwine and Brookend date from the late 18th or early 19th century, although Possession House was recorded … century, for the crossing of the Piccadilly brook and the Black brook at Twyford was recorded in 956. 59 That was the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Chancel, with a window in the N. wall, and the restored or re-built N. arcade of the Nave. Near the end of the 13th … the North Aisle was re-built and widened at the same time or shortly after. The W. wall of the N. aisle is dated 1736 … S.E. side of the road, 600 yards E. of the church. b(5). Black House, two tenements, 180 yards S.S.E. of (4), has …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… as the basin deepens; it is filled by the river tide, or by a steam-engine situated a few hundred yards from the … its capture; the wheels are solid, with a face of Apollo, or the sun, forming the nave, and the beams of the sun the … On the north of the entrance is the Rotunda, or modelroom, a spacious circular apartment, 115 feet in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… The walls of the old building are generally of rubble or chalk, rendered in cement or rough-cast; the dressings are of Reigate stone and the … over the second column from the W. of the N. side has a black-letter inscription "vicar Th (Wyll . . ?)." The modern …
The Environs of London
… is) for the use of the poor 4. Manor. Manor of Woolwich, or Southall in Woolwich. The whole of this parish has been … this is to be considered as the estate here described, or as that manerial right which now attaches to the manor of … Cholmley 25. The tithes of these lands belonged to the monks of Bermondsey, having been given to them by William de …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wardens, in trust for the poor, a close called the Farm, or Church-close, the proceeds to be distributed yearly at … and comprises 3119 acres, of which 1436 are common or waste. At the base of Dunkery, which is 1668 feet above … by measurement 1679 acres, of which 64 are common or waste; the soil is chalky, and the substratum abounds with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… where a large hamlet, Tilgarsley, was abandoned after the Black Death. Other settlements deserted at various periods … predominant building materials were limestone and thatch or stone slate, but lack of local stone in the south, chiefly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Warwickshire. Osric, either repairing the Roman fortress, or erecting another in this city, which by the Saxons was … of the castle, and, to the great annoyance of the monks, infringed upon the site of the cathedral, the outer … reign of Richard I. or of John, founded here a priory of Black canons in honour of the Holy Cross and St. John the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… was established in 1298 as a college for Benedictine monks of the province of Canterbury; it incorporated an … chiefly noteworthy as retaining certain of the tenements or camerae attached to the various Benedictine monasteries. … light. Inside the range, which may have contained three or more camerae, rooms on both the ground and first floor …