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A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … centuries the settled areas were expanded, and by 1922 few fields in the parish were still being cultivated. 39 As the …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; … This holding can be traced in 1468, 11 and 1536, when the fields of which it was composed included Rowdone and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the parish; remains of the agger were found near Terry's Cross in the south-west corner. 10 The chief east-west road … east led from Blackstone by way of Cuckolds Green to Terry's Cross, mentioned in 1647. 16 In 1628 it was called the … In 1724 the west part, together with the road from Terry's Cross to Blackstone and High Cross, was part of a route …
A History of the County of Sussex
… manor or at Wick and Sands manors together were worth £3 8 s. in 1318. 90 Nine copyholds of Wickensands manor were … later. 10 In 1457 there were two campi, presumably common fields, on Wick manor called Stretlond, and another called … C 134/62, no. 2. B.L. Add. MS. 57311, ff. 2v., 3v.-4. E.S.R.O., SAS/I 183 (TS. cat.). K.A.O., U 269/E 341, f. 42v. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (TL 037941), formerly part of Woodnewton village, at its S.E. end, E. of the road to Southwick. The site consists of three long narrow closes, orientated N.-S. and bounded by low banks, with the much damaged remains of … (inf. J. A. Hadman). (3) Cultivation remains. The common fields were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1777 (NRO, map …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodsford 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular … of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes … the bank probably represents the boundary between the open fields and the village closes at this point. From the S.E. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … 8-12 Oxford Street Bought in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the grammar school, were transferred to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … since there were over 40 recipients of a total of 33 s. 80 In the 17th century the lop of trees in the almshouse …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and over 52 s. in 1310; 95 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … of a more suitable, isolated, pest house in Hensington fields. 91 The reciprocal leases were renewed until 1881, …