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A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … by high expenditure it probably, as later, reflected the passage through the accounts of large capital sums such as … cockpit and pest house, were sold in 19434, and the former White Hart in 1968. 33 Of its 'historic' property the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … Monuments: In toweron N. wall, (1) to Stephen White Warne, 1825, white marble tablet on grey marble … with a narrow bay to the W. which was bridged for a cross passage above. The room was entered from the cloister by a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … to a number of tenants. Aluredston was worth only £3 10 s., but receipts of £25 12 s. 8 d. from fixed rents and … 27 The other farms near the Wye, Brockweir, Townsend, and Passage farms, each less than 100 a., also had a small …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … front entrance indicates the position of the former cross-passage. The only original features visible are a stone … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … stone window, two wide arches forming part of a passage below the west end of the building, and a third arch … Parry of Abergavenny in 1740, who sold Green Pool to James White of Woolaston in 1775. The latter devised it by his will …
A History of the County of Somerset
… causeway and another road had to be improved to allow the passage of waggons. 13 The road crossed the Withy Pill rhyne … east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … century the Rational Sick and Benefit Society, met at the White Lion. 13 A village hall opened in 1929. It was replaced …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the Confessor by Fulcui, was not included in Earl Roger's rape but was held in 1086 of the king in chief by Odo of … paid 30 marks to have the custody and marriage of Ralph's heir, then in ward to Bonenee daughter of Roger, 4 who had … another a woman (probably nimbed) in blue kirtle and white mantle with hands outspread, kneeling before a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woolland 58 WOOLLAND (7706) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the Chalk, its S.E. boundary coinciding with the summit of the escarpment at … 1788 and others of same family, oval inscription panel of white marble, with arms. In churchyard, ten paces S. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One of the … the house; and when it was repaired, in 1798, a tablet of white marble, commemorating the philosopher's birth, was put …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the … further E.; between them is the entrance to an underground passage; near the middle of the S. face are the remains of a …