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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1630s The inhabitants of the parish of the Holy Cross in Pershore. … of his office for he giving warning to the neyghbours as at a time appointed to be helpfull to the repayring of the … soe unreasonable wett that we wer enforced to leave of at that time which was the last of the six dayes wheron we …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… & Radford WORKSOP, WIRCHESOP, & RADFORD. Elsi before the Norman invasion had two manors in Werchesope, which paid … In the time of Edward the confessour this was valued at 3l. when the survey was taken in the conquerours at 7l. In Rolneton (nigh Wirkesop) also of Roger de Buslies …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Worlingham Worlingham. Ulf, a free-man of Gurth, the brother of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and Roger Bigot was steward of it … five free-men of Gurth had been tenants. It was valued at ten shillings and sixpence, and paid one thousand …
A History of the County of Essex
… 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne … and 20 a. of meadow. 51 Mixed farming was carried on at Bowdens farm beside the Stour in the 16th century. 52 … only 23 a. of arable. 1 There was a fishery in 1086, 2 and fishing in the Stour by boat was recorded c. 1240. 3 Worm- …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 m. N.W. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). … a patch of later masonry on the external face of the wall at this point, and foundations of the projecting … (Plate 55): tapering cylindrical bowl with roll-moulding at base, late 12th or early 13th-century. Plate: includes …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the tithes … with stained glass, collected and arranged in 1802, at the expense of the Rev. W. Roberts, then incumbent. At …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It … wall, and additional lancets were inserted into the nave; at a subsequent date, the elaborate chancel arch and S. … in the mid 14th century; a S. chapel added probably at this date was demolished in the late 18th century. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing … visitors to the resort complained, and which was removed, at great expense, before 1802. 66 By 1814 the sea had reached … Ages and later Worthing was a small agricultural and fishing hamlet of less importance than the neighbouring …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to … way of Washington, avoiding the steep ascent of the downs at Steyning. 57 A turnpike gate was erected near the Teville pond at the north end of the town, 58 but was removed after …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a. of meadow. Six villani and 9 bordars had another team. At the same date Mordinges, the other part of Worthing manor, … Road, besides other groups of shops serving local needs. Fishing. Fishermen at Worthing or Broadwater were recorded … 35 In the 1790s mackerel were caught in the spring and herring in the autumn, 36 and in 1804 mackerel, shrimps, …