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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… and Later. North-Western Herefordshire is as prolific in hill-forts as the eastern area of the county, treated in the last volume. The forts, furthermore, are of much the … the country, is provided by the cast-iron floor-slabs at Burrington and the single example at Brilley. All these date …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Shipton SHIPTON Shipton, a small rural parish, lies in Corve Dale c. 10 km. south-west of Much Wenlock. From … Larden, and part of Brockton township, which lay partly in Stanton Long. A detached area, Skimblescott (111 a., 45 ha.), was transferred to Monkhopton civil parish in 1883. 69 The main part is compact and regular in shape. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… river Wye 11 km. (6¾ miles) upstream from Chepstow (Mon.). In 1086 and until the 1160s or later it was called Lydney or … to derive from the Celtic saint Brieuc, 53 was also in use by 1130. 54 Parts of St. Briavels parish were formed … a scattered estate that the Foley family of Stoke Edith (Herefs.) owned in the parish. 46 St Briavels Village Area, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the Forest administration remained closely entwined. In 1086 the area of the later hundred was divided between two counties and three hundreds. Lydney hundred, in Gloucestershire, included Hewelsfield and Wyegate, both … ancient route from the Severn at Newnham to Ross-on-Wye (Herefs.) and Hereford, was the principal market town in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Harcourt Manors and other estates Manors and other estates In 1066 STANTON, including land in South Leigh, was held by Alnod, and in 1086 by Odo of … Mortimer's nephew Roger Mortimer (d. 1330) of Wigmore (Herefs.) granted the manor in fee simple to John Wyard of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Stanton Long STANTON LONG Situated in Corve Dale, about 10 km. southwest of Much Wenlock, the … until 1883 when some detachments of Holdgate civil parish in Stanton township were absorbed. In 1884 the Coates and … Stanton, passed to the Hospitaller preceptory of Dinmore (Herefs.), 38 with which it remained until confiscated by the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… site of a large mansion. The other part of Highmeadow was in Newland parish (mainly in its Coleford tithing) but its history is included wholly … charged the sum in 1657 on a farm at St. Weonards (Herefs.). 42 Staunton's share was presumably not distributed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The origin of its extra-parochial status is unknown, but in the 1780s and 1790s the stone cottage at the Scirmidge … of illegitimate children, who thus had no settlement in the surrounding parishes. 47 It seems to have been annexed … and John Phillipps, 1772-1812, who lived at Eaton Bishop (Herefs.); 64 both employed resident curates. 65 In 1719 there …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… STRATFORD-SUB-CASTLE Before its extinction in 1954 1 the parish of Stratford-sub-Castle lay to the north … Places Act of 1857, 3 and was amalgamated with Stratford in 1894. 4 Avon was a recognizable township in or about 1249. … ii. 83. Feud. Aids, vi. 541. Mawarden was sheriff of Herefs. 1386, of Wilts. 138990, 13934, 13969, of Hants 14034, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… village until extensive housing development took place in the second half of the 20th century. There is still much … west and east sides of the village. Formerly a township in Burton ancient parish, Stretton was later a civil parish … (Parishes) Order, 1985 (S.I. 1985, no. 163). Ches., Derb., Herefs. and Worcs., and Staffs. (County Boundaries) Order, …