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A History of the County of Stafford
… Fowler of Pendeford Hall in Tettenhall; in 1851 William's unmarried elder brother Thomas, the owner of Pendeford … Pearsall of Hawne in Halesowen (Worcs.). It passed to John's son Thomas, who in 1709 purchased the freehold from Philip … near the Harborne boundary took its name from the tract of woodland in the area. 20 The house is said to have been built …
A History of the County of Stafford
… next held in the messroom at the Patent Nut and Bolt Co.'s works, and later a shed was taken in Union Street where … was built in 1908-9. At the beginning of 1969 the church's adult membership was 110, and there were 220 children and … a separate church in 1915. A new church, designed by E. S. Mitton, was built in Bearwood Road adjoining the first …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the battle in 1643 which resulted in Prince Rupert's capture of Birmingham. 49 By 1771 there was settlement west … 46 There were formerly several farms and extensive woodland; the area was also one where Birmingham business and … was in the later 18th century still an area of extensive woodland, a feature from which the 18th-century Lightwoods …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Snailwell parish to Chippenham to straighten the former's eastern parish boundary. 62 A spring, perhaps the eponymous … 66 During the Bronze Age the escarpment was cleared of woodland, juniper, and thorn bushes with grazing creating the … having two or more. 2 There was no significant ancient woodland by the late 11th century, and the only natural …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and heath. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 27. 11. 0., and in the gift of J. Thorp, Esq.; the … 1840 acres, of which 1540 are arable, 280 pasture, and 20 woodland. The road between Norwich and Thetford passes … of which 3000 are arable, 1700 pasture and marsh, 100 woodland, and 800 heath and waste. The substratum abounds …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 37 Two cartloads of fencing poles brought from the royal woodland at Cheveley to Snailwell, perhaps along the Ashley … freeholders held one hide and 35 a., and owed rents of 16 s. 8 d. but no labour services. The villeins held one hide and 95 a., owed 540 days weekwork, and rents of 15 s. in total. Harvest work for them varied between a ¼ a. and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Bishop's-Waltham; containing, with the tything of … by measurement 7450 acres, of which about 1500 are woodland. Considerable quantities of chalk are sent from the … by measurement 1515 acres, of which about 300 are woodland. The living is annexed to the vicarage of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and meadow land, and in the northern parts some valuable woodland, Middlesex, in the fourteenth century, was the … to the status of 23 homines at St. Pancras who rendered 30 s. a year. In the later records, on the contrary, from the … in 12634 the rents of the free tenants amounted to 4 15 s., so that there must have been a certain number of them. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 15 His house in West Street was still known as Trelawny's cottage in 1978. MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1066 Sompting … was granted free warren there in 1252. 18 In 1403 Fcamp's English lands were leased for life to the king's … a villein team, 1 villanus, 3 bordars, and 2 a. of meadow. Woodland for one pig was also recorded. The Cokeham lands had …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Oswestry, N. division of Salop, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Oswestry; containing 251 inhabitants. … 6 p., of which 2066 acres are arable, 123 pasture, and 207 woodland. The river Nar runs along the northern boundary. The … valleys, and, in some parts, with extensive tracts of woodland. In the southern districts, approaching the coast, …