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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of … No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of … fenestration. Opposite the mill stands a round wool-drying tower. A classical garden-house, built c. 1720, formerly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Introduction WOODCHESTER The parish of Woodchester, well known as the site of a Roman … of the Inchbrook valley rises to a height of over 750 ft. at Bown hill. The Nailsworth and Inchbrook valleys are formed … the gabled residence called Rosare and the Gothic-style Tower House, the distinctive feature of which is explicit in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the bishop of Worcester by King … the hall ceiling and creating a gallery, and built a tower block against the north-west wing, possibly designed by …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The revival of Roman Catholicism in the parish dates from the … with founder's chapel and north vestry block, north tower with spire, and aisled nave with south porch, was … 98 In the mid 20th century mass centres were established at the Box in Minchinhampton, at Nailsworth, and at Avening. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Church CHURCH. Woodditton parish church stands by the presumed site of Ditton Valence manor house, 11 whose … 23 The tithes alone were worth £80 a year in 1792. 24 At inclosure in 1815 the vicar was allotted c. 200 a. forming … aisled and clerestoried nave with south porch, and a west tower, built throughout of flint rubble with ashlar …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is a parish and suburb of London adjoining Walthamstow on the E. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary has been entirely re-built, except the tower, which is said to have been built in 1720. The church … kneeling figures of man and wife in civil costume at prayer-desk, entablature, obelisks, achievement and shield …
The Environs of London
… Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from … . . . . impaling Arg. on a bend engrailed between two lions ramp. S. three bezantsMalcher. ArmsParty per fesse Az. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and … 1 The parish includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In … consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, west tower, south porch and small north vestry. The body of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… and charities EDUCATION. In 1796 there was a Sunday school at Woodford, apparently Anglican, where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. … three-storey front range is an embattled gatehouse tower with an oriel window and angle turrets. Woodford county …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and … estates 47 was completed in 1968. The scheme includes six tower blocks of flats, maisonettes, a community centre, …