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A History of the County of Hampshire
… extended beyond the parliamentary boundary to include on the north, part of Abbot's Barton, which was added to the parish of St. Bartholomew Hyde; on the east, part of Chilcomb Without was amalgamated with the parish of Chilcomb Within; on the south, part of St. Faith Without 4 was joined to the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the actual early constitution of the borough. The light on its existence that should come from the Domesday Survey is … for his expenses in going to London to receive his commission for office, and in each compotus of the mayors … to assume extraordinary powers, arose in 1312, when a commission of oyer and terminer was issued concerning the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, … of 100 ft. The site is protected by easily defended slopes on the east and south, and has another slope towards the west … well have been spared. The new works were entrusted by a commission appointed to carry them into effect to Jeffrey …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had … had been an annual allowance since 1608. 274 In 1631 a commission was appointed to examine into the frauds and … the sum allowed for their maintenance. 578 In 1655 a commission reported that the manor of Carbrooke in Norfolk …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remainder meadow and pasture; the soil is fertile, resting on gravel. The living is annexed to the vicarage of … 1840, is a handsome structure in the later English style. On Fernham down are several barrows, in one of which … burning into lime, and for building purposes. Coal abounds on the lands of Wingate and Wingate-Grange; on the latter, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to a height of nearly 500 ft. It is almost entirely on Chalk. Within the boundary of the modern parish there were … Came, now only represented by Came House, and Cripton, on the site of the present Came Home Farm. Each of these had … Taxatio Ecclesiastica (Rec. Commn., 1802) and in 1397 a commission was set up to enquire into its defects (Episc. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 Milton Abbas parish included the W. part … the eastern group of Winterbornes in Dorset. To the N., on both sides of the brook lay Whatcombe, now Higher … corner of East Down Plantation was carried out by this Commission in 1965. A series of five turf-lines within the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Skipton; containing 140 inhabitants. It is situated on the east side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary … containing 694 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the line of the Roman Ermin-street, was formerly of … are governed by ancient customs, confirmed by a commission of inquiry in 1287; and all disputes and offences …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Oswi, and Leoflede, daughter of Brithnod the first abbot, on the admission into that monastery of their son Ailwin, … is supposed to have taken up his residence in the castle, on leaving which the king attempting to cross the Wash at an … of Chichester: the tithes here of the Ecclesiastical Commission have been commuted for 1171, and those of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of … found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just behind the … (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is questionable …