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A History of the County of Oxford
… BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The … the shambles stalls and cottages in Common Acre and Brook Hill; by 1828 the traditional reserved rents were only 12 … were encroachments for gardens and cottages on Hoggrove Hill from the mid 17th century, 23 on the site of Glyme …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of … 1187 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the … form, with a large cairn on the summit; the sides of the hill are formed into terraces, about twenty feet broad, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, … area of heathland on Bagshot Beds. Recent boundary changes in the S.W. have resulted in considerable gains, including … of squared and coursed local rubble with dressings of Ham Hill stone; the roof is slate-covered. The church is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. In 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor … including the erection of cottages, were made at Park Hill, Woolaston Wood, and Brockweir in the late 17th and 18th … other papers were manufactured. It was owned by Richard Barrow (d. 1777), and by 1815 had passed to John Barrow. 91 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground … the River Wye and the steep wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called … room at Badminton House in 1969], transcribed as 'Dingal Barrow'; Badminton Mun. F Drawer 2, map, 1769. C. Hart, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates … Shere, a London goldsmith, Platt's House was sold to John Barrow, who devised it before 1793 to Walter Harris of … Worgan and bought part called Comyns in 1781 from John Barrow, the latter having bought it in 1771 on the death of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. There were no recusants in Woolaston in 1603 75 but six papists were recorded in 1676. 76 They … in 1893 and a Sunday schoolroom added in 1967. 94 At Park Hill a chapel was built by the Particular Baptists in 1835, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … (inset) SETTLEMENT AND BUILDINGS A Bronze-Age round barrow lies on the boundary with Puriton in the south-west of … sites within the original village. SOCIAL LIFE The Polden Hill and Woolavington Friendly Society, founded 1854, and in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an … end, was annexed to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three … to attain a maximum height of 678 ft. on Telegraph Hill on its eastern boundary. Woolbeding House, north of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Woolhope 95 WOOLHOPE (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXV, S.W., (b)XL, N.E., (c)XL, S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., … of the church, has been mostly re-faced. c(20). Terrace Hill, house, 100 yards S. of (19), has cross-wings at the E. … towards the S. and W. ConditionPoor. d(35). Little Hill Farm, house, two tenements, 1 m. E. of the church, has …