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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of … Witham of Cliffe co. York. Nicolson and Burn (vol. i, p. 230) state that "The Laybourns continued at Witherslack in … He was father of the celebrated John Wilkinson of Castle Head. "Pow House" is now part of Wilson House Farm. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … of rent. ORO, Witney tithe map. PO Arch., Post 42/117, p. 673. ORO, Witney tithe map; below (origin and devpt); … Mount House, 227, comparing the siting of the Norman castle at Cogges to defend the Crown Lane ford further north. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … as late as 1752 the justices ordered a prisoner in Oxford castle to stand in the pillory at Witney. 153 Stocks … life). Below (courts from the 16th cent.). Witney Ct. Bks. p. xviii; above, econ. hist. (15001800: Blanket Co.). Below …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … of the Staple Hall Inn, 37 and the following year William Castle, a Witney gentleman, left a 3 rent-charge to Mather … Staunton (1673), 7; for fam., Witney Ct. Bks. refs. at p. 217. Above, intro. (social life: Civil War); churches. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 17. … in that of Northwich. In the former are the townships of Castle-Northwich, Hartford, and Winnington; in the latter, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … encampments; one of them on an eminence at a place called Castle, of a circular form, and very perfect; the other at … Cley; containing 240 inhabitants. It comprises 1018 a. 34 p., of which 717 acres are arable, 211 pasture, and 89 wood …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. xxxvii. N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of … head on helm with lion crest, feet on elephant, with castle, standing on a broom-pod; elaborate triple-arched … ConditionFairly good. Secular (2). Wivenhoe Hall (Plate, p. 234), nearly m. N. of the church, is of two storeys. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… Feedham, by will proved 1718, bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of … given regular grants for improvements to be made. 28 Mrs. Cock, by her will dated 1744, left a yearly rent-charge of £2 … The charity had been lost by 1836. 32 32nd Rep. Com. Char. p. 651. E.R.O., D/P 277/13/1, 277/25/23. Inf. from the …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … mansion built just south of the Hall by Matthew Martin, M.P. for Colchester 1722-7 and 1734- 41 and director of the … Essex and Suffolk, the powerful de Vere family seated at Castle Hedingham had interests all over the county and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … 89 inhabitants, and comprising an area of 365 a. 3 r. 39 p. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Bathwick. … cut out of the natural sandstone. Among the seats, is Lea Castle, a noble mansion surrounded by 550 acres of land …