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A History of the County of Sussex
… not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more intermittently. … often, at least once every two years, and sometimes two or three times a year, but after 1847 business was … was given to the town in 1825 by Sir Timothy Shelley of Castle Goring, a commissioner and the father of the poet. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two … St. John the Baptist, upon a lofty hill called Lambert's Castle. The summit of this hill, in the form of the letter D, … place is noticed by Leland as giving name to a small beck, or stream, which flowed by it in its course from Panton to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … Coquet, and takes its name from the stream of the Wreigh or Wreath. It comprises about 395 acres, of which two-thirds … situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated … prehistoric site with Bronze Age ring ditches and Iron Age or Romano-British ditches and enclosures. 3 Another possible prehistoric enclosure lies east of Charlton castle, 4 while other possible sites and scattered finds …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. … are some remains of a British encampment called Barbary Castle. Wroxeter (St. Andrew) WROXETER ( St. Andrew), a … by his successors in the living: the reformer was born in or near this place. Wycombe WYCOMBE, a hamlet, in the parish …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… dairy products, bees, gardens, fishponds, and mills (built or to be built); 'pennies of charity'; tithes of hay, apart … tithes were basically those of 1612, but owners of 5 or 6 calves paid 2 s. every two years, and owners of 10 paid … B/V/6, Wrockwardine, 1701; SA 15504; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 25, lease, 20 Oct. 1597, for descr. of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a share in the ploughteams probably implies the recent or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's … of Pengwern 57 - was perhaps one reason why the manor had, or claimed, rights over a large part of the area's economic … (copies in S.P.L.). Eyton, ix. 32, 36; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 32 and passim; ridge and furrow …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court … crier was abolished in the mid 19th century. 33 A lock-up or crib, then apparently disused, was mentioned in 1842; 34 … 999/33.4. T.S.A.S. 4th ser. viii. 156. Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 46. Ibid. box 12, bdle. 17, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… earl of Shrewsbury's widow Jane. After her death in 1625 or 1626 it descended with the earldom (dukedom 1694-1718) … Western District from 1980). 4 From the later 12th century or earlier the Burnells of Acton Burnell held land in … there. 39 The defended manor house, known as Charlton Castle, was apparently still used as a residence of the lords …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is Wylam Hall, an ancient building, formerly a peel, or strong house. Wyldecourt WYLDECOURT, a tything, in the … The parish comprises 3545 acres, of which 496 are common or waste. It includes the northern end of Portsea Island, … Earl of Warwick, the elder was hanged in chains on Norwich castle, and the younger upon the lofty steeple of the church …