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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Cann 4 CANN (8521) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 81 NW, ST 82 SW, ST 82 SE) The parish, with an … of some 2,600 acres, straddles the escarpement immediately S. of Shaftesbury. In the E. the Greensand rises sharply to … 20), but almost certainly it is older. Of the open fields nothing is known. The Greensand plateau in the E. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… royal estates, Williton and Carhampton, in King Alfred's will. 3 From the 12th century it was the site of a … the 17th century but with later alterations. Open arable fields, implied at Rodway in 1301, 34 have not been found on … alternatively called White House passage after the inn on the Pawlett side, was made by either boat or causeway. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the area and there was some commerce through Bridgwater's out-port at Combwich. Cloth was produced until the later … an estate belonging to Cannington church, William de Mohun's estate at or near Shurton in Stogursey, William de … dinner and lord's feast. 28 The court met at the Anchor inn in Cannington in 1834. 29 In 1301 the income from the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… families there were manumitted. 72 In 1539 Thomas Michell's livestock at Gurney Street included 14 oxen, a bull, and 36 … south side of the pill, and brick and tile became Combwich's main export. 7 In the 1860s Leigh's fleet sailed to Cardiff, Newport, Saundersfoot (Pemb.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of Stafford, 8 miles (N. by W.) … stories projecting. The greater part of the old Chequers Inn, mentioned by Chaucer as frequented by pilgrims visiting … head of the sovereign. The Bishops of London, Winchester, Lincoln, and Rochester, are respectively his provincial dean, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was endowed by 1548 with lands, tithes, ten cows, and 1 6 s. 8 d. for the support of a priest who sang mass daily at … after the dissolution of the chantry at a salary of 4 14 s. 5 d. a year. 16 In 1549 the chantry lands, lying in … sold. 47 The income in 1956 consisted of 15 rent from two fields in Hammerwich, some 13 acres in all, and 174 16 s. 6 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… facilities for the training of racehorses. The Cross Keys Inn and a few cottages remain from the original hamlet which … District dating from the foundation of William Gilpin's edge-tool works in 1790; a long range of two- and … 5 d. for one pig and nine hogs. 350 The following open fields within the manor were mentioned at various times …
Old and New London
… CadeSouthwark BridgeOld City ChurchesThe Salters' Company's Hall, and the Salters' Company's History Oxford HouseSalters' BanquetsSalters' Hall ChapelA … talk. John Newman, who died in 1741, was buried at Bunhill Fields, Dr. Doddridge delivering a funeral oration over his …
Old and New London
… AND EAST CHEAP Budge RowCordwainers' HillSt. Swithin's ChurchFounders' HallThe Oldest Street in LondonTower Royal … clergymen's widows, 1,000 yearly; and in 1662 the "Bell Inn," at Edmonton, was bequeathed for poor freemen of the … the monstrous pudding was to be divided in St. George's Fields; but apparently its smell was too much for the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Canon Pyon 19 CANON PYON (A.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXVI, N.W., (b)XXVI, S.W., (c)XXVI, N.E.) Canon Pyon is a parish 7 m. N.N.W. of … of the church, has a thatched roof. a(13). Nag's Head Inn, 30 yards S. of (12), was originally of L-shaped plan …