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A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and … accounting for the borough's profits, 87 and he did so at least until Woodstock manor was granted to Queen Isabella …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of … of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, … the use of farmers in dressing the lands. There is also a fishing-hamlet in the parish, situated on the same bay as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some … Abbey was transferred here in 1172 from its original site at Little Bindon in West Lulworth. The third settlement, … a(1) The Parish Church of The Holy Rood stands at the S.E. end of the village. The walls are of rubble …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the late 13th century, shortly before the … 400 salmon putchers at Horse Pill in 1866 4 and owned the fishing rights in the river between Beachley and Cone Pill. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. … 1,735 a. which included the detached part of Sedgemoor at Penzoy awarded in 1795. 7 In 1885 Withy Leaze, a detached … numbered 294 in 1801 and rose steadily to 448 in 1841 when at least two men emigrated. 16 Numbers declined gradually to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks … 25,875 inhabitants. This place, originally a small fishing-town, unnoticed by any of the earlier Kentish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, … III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) WOOTTON ( St. Mary), a … The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the patronage and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … Osric prevailed upon him to establish one of them at Wigornaceastre, the metropolis of his province. In 679, … suddenly, while in the act of ravaging the bishop's lands at Wick, captured or killed 500 men, and put the rest to …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1613 The inhabitants of Bayton. Ref.110 BA1/1/20/58 (1613) To the … of Worcester. May yt please your worshipps, that whereas at [Michaellmas?] and Trinitye sessions last past there was a … maintaine have served their apprentishipps to the trade of fishing and have noe other calling to maintaine them and …