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A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … was added to it between 1882 and 1891. A further 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included … in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its … to him, before October 1268, by Mauduit's relict the Countess Alice. 31 Saer was apparently still holding the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Withiel (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the … containing 818 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Colne, comprises about 7000 acres: the soil is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. … from Abingdon; containing 580 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Isis, and comprises 2168 a. 2 r. 22 p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of … inhabitants are supplied with water by pipes from a spring on Mawndown, a hill about a mile distant. A woollen … There is a place of worship for Independents. The late Countess of Huntingdon resided here, and the Rev. Mr. Romaine …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 6 in. xxxvii. N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of Colchester. The … inscription; (3) of Thomas Westeley, chaplain to the Countess of Oxford, 1535, figure of priest in mass vestments …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., … for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … of Middle Temple 1597, as 2s. Richard, of Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. …
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 … which in 1285 was said to be held of Elizabeth de Rivers, countess of Devon, 47 and in 1297 of her former fief, the … 55 In 1338 the elder John settled the manor in reversion on his son John 56 who was then in exile. 57 The elder John …
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 … and 1370, and (under royal grant) by Mary (née de Brewes), countess of Norfolk, in 1346 and 1350. 13 From 1540 the … kept half the small tithes of Ditton Camoys, and tithes on cattle, sheep, and the mill were commuted by 1709. 22 …
A History of the County of Essex
… evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In … mead, 'the Parson's Grove', and another acre of wood on the north side of Jack of Lea's Grove. 20 In 1840 there … in 1795 by William Whitefoot, who was a minister of the countess of Huntingdon's Connexion at Enfield (Mdx.). 109 …