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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Francis Charlton still owed the Crown the 'king's rent' of £2 6 s. 8 d. for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but before his death in 1642 he may have … a lay tenant. 56 Nevertheless there was apparently glebe of 9 a. in the 1690s, 57 and in the early 18th century the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … coppice (82 a.) in Priorslee. 9 By 1847 only 6 a. of wood remained in Wombridge and none in Priorslee. 10 … presumably once open-field land, lay 500 metres south-east of Wombridge church in 1847. 11 Four or five ploughteams …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… WOMBRIDGE, LATER OAKENGATES Communications, p. 284. Growth of Settlement, p. 285. Social and Cultural Activities, p. … Wombridge 67 is uncertain. Oakengates town stands on a band of boulder clay and sand and gravel overlying the Middle … Measures. The coal measures outcrop either side of the band: to the south-west between Hartshill, Ketley Bank, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton parish church stands by the presumed site of Ditton Valence manor house, 11 whose lords probably founded it. Droard son of Cade gave it to Thetford priory (Norf.) in the early 12th century. 12 Thetford created a vicarage, of which it held the advowson until its dissolution in 1540. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (a)lxv. N.E. (b)lxv. S.E.) Woodford 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, … church, are of two storeys; the walls are of brick with a band between the storeys; the roofs are tiled. They were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… part is on Boulder Clay, but along the valley sides bands of clays, limestones and sands outcrop. Prehistoric and Roman b(1) Enclosures (SP 95617725), N.W. of the village, above the valley of Cranford Brook, on Cornbrash at 210 ft. above OD. Air …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of … The tithes have been commuted for 70. Woodland-Hope WOODLAND-HOPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Hope, union of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 6 in. XIX N.W.). Woodhurst is a parish and village 3 m. N. of St. Ives. The Chapel of St. John the Baptist and the Manor … same time. The S. front is symmetrically arranged with a band-course between the storeys and a small plaster cove below the eaves. The N. wing has a moulded band-course between the storeys on both sides. In the E. wall …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SU 01 SW) Woodlands covers 2,594 acres in a broad strip of land extending from the R. Allen in the W. to the Dorset … by streams flowing S. and S.E. Bagshot Beds in the S.E. of the parish result in open heathland. The parish came into … plinth, first-floor level is marked by a three-course plat-band and the eaves have a plaster cove. Many openings have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 09 SW, c TL 09 NE, d TL 09 SE) The parish, once a chapelry of Nassington, covers some 420 hectares lying across Willow Brook, between 80 ft. and 210 ft. above OD. Most of it is on bands of clays, limestones and sands which outcrop along the valley …