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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of … (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … king's books at 11. 7. 11.; net income, 352; patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor, who are appropriators of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Worcester, obtained a lease of two-thirds of the Grange and defended apparently with success an action by the parishioners to recover the gift in 1559. 18 Henry Newland, Abbot of Tintern, gave the church house with a small …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter de Clare to Tintern Abbey … lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 that Tintern should receive all parish dues from … 1860. 22 Philip Cliffield and William Cliff, who were both Dean of Bangor, exchanged the living twice in 1396 and 1397. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. In 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor … 12 Until 1300 the parish lay within the bounds of the Forest of Dean, which embraced Tidenham Chase, 13 and in 1170 receipts …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground … lay in 1273 within Tidenham Chase, regarded as part of the Forest of Dean in the 13th century. 11 The ground above the 250-ft. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After Tintern Abbey added Aluredston to its lordship of Woolaston in 1302 the courts were apparently united, but no court rolls …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. There were no recusants in Woolaston in 1603 75 but six papists were recorded in … 9. Hockaday Abs. ccccxvi; T. Bright, Rise of Nonconf. in Forest of Dean, 36. G.D.R. vol. 383, no. cxxxvii. Hockaday Abs. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern … Chapel, Windsor (Berks.), in 1475. 12 Thereafter the dean and canons of Windsor or their lessees were patrons. 13 …
The Environs of London
… Woolwich WOOLWICH. Name. THIS place in old charters is called Hulviz, Wolwiche, Wollewic, &c. I … to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … 1.; and Reg. Roff. p. 6. Reg. Roff. p. 53. Now paid to the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. Hasted, vol. i. p. 47. Hasted; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of … 10. 2. 3.; net income, 211; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church, which is very … its situation is a lofty sloping bank rising from a forest-like seclusion; and the landscape of mountain, meadow, …