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A History of the County of Essex
… parish. 43 In 1624 two con- stables, 2 alefounders, and 2 heath drivers were appointed. 44 Between 1743 and 1786 the … for the use of the poor a cottage lying between Wivenhoe heath and Wivenhoe Cross, which was con- verted to a parish … Wivenhoe and Colchester, but also in other towns in north Essex and in ports on the east coast of England from Kent to …
A History of the County of Essex
… 94 About 1180 Richard Battle held land on Wivenhoe heath, 95 and in 1207 William Battle held land in Wivenhoe … Wivenhoe Park estate, part of the Rebows' holdings in Essex and Suffolk, passed on Isaac's death in 1735 to his son … Battle gave the Knights Hospitallers land on Wivenhoe heath. 17 That was probably the lands, formerly Noers, on …
A History of the County of Essex
… no. 105. Cal. S. P. Dom. 1672, 578; Davids, Nonconf. in Essex, 355-6. E.R.O., Acc. C271 (uncat.), Box 1, … Butler, Story of Wivenhoe, 221. E.R.O., D/DEt M12; V.C.H. Essex, ix. 340. Lamb. Pal. Libr., Fulham Papers. …
A History of the County of Essex
… and attracted c. 100-110 people every Sunday. 68 Essex Recusant, v. 41; xii. 41; xxi. 29. E.R.O., D/DU 318/1. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are arable, 998 pasture and meadow, 368 salt-marsh, 697 heath and warren, and 162 woodland. The strata afford good … One-fourth of the soil is light, having been formerly heath-land; the remainder is heavy, more suitable for wheat, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… marsh, turf-grounds, &c., 115 wood and plantations, 72 heath, and 151 water, the last comprehending several lakes. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Index Eccl. Woodcock, Roger s. Rog., of Chelmsford, Essex, gent. Wadham Coll., matric. 23 March, 1696-7, aged 17, … 1704; rector of Thundersley 1704, and of Pitsea, (both) Essex, 1709. See Foster's Index Eccl. Woodcocks, Samuel gent. … Exeter Coll., matric. 7 July, 1658. Woodhall, William of Essex, gent. St. Alban Hall, matric. 17 Oct., 1600, aged 16. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of West Ham, hundred of Beacontree, S. division of Essex, 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from London; containing 2777 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in south-eastern Cambridgeshire which took in low-lying heath to the north-west, well drained arable in the centre, … on the plateau are heavy and retain surface water. 27 The heath in the north was possibly once extensive, since in 1086 … a dozen villages between Newmarket and Saffron Walden (Essex), follows a straight course across the former heath …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the … a. of pasture (two thirds of it improved), and 650 a. of heath. 59 More accurate figures for the Cheveley estate alone … closes 750 a., Lammas ground, meadows, and commons 250 a., heath 600 a., and woods 150 a. 60 Wheat, barley, oats, peas, …