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A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … part of the Mulberry harbour used for the 1944 invasion of France. 16 James W. Cook & Co. Ltd. took over the Vosper site …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). … Within. First mention: "Wodestrata," 1156-7 (Cal. Doc. in France, p.156). Other forms : "Wude-strate," Rich. I .(Anc. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by will dated 1705, left £200, the income, after payments of £1 for a sermon and 10 s. to the clerk, to be given to the … by Richard Hall (probably d. 1705), was used to buy 9 a. of meadow in Wolvercote, thereafter known as the Poor's Plot. … adults should receive 3 s. 6 d. and children 2 s. 95 Part of the land was sold to the railway companies in the 1850s …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between … of St. Leonard and of two early 16th-century abbesses, Isabel or Elizabeth Brainton (d. 1517) and Margaret …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … coppice (82 a.) in Priorslee. 9 By 1847 only 6 a. of wood remained in Wombridge and none in Priorslee. 10 … began to make alkali there using the process developed in France by Malherbe and Athénas. It was apparently …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … supd. July, 1546, fellow of Merton Coll. 1547; died in France 1597. See O.H.S. iv. 260. [ 20] Woodwarde, John of co. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Udeburgh WOODBOROUGH (Udeburgh.) In Udeburg the book of Doomsday shows that St. Mary of Sudwell had Sok to Nortwell, seven Bov. ad Geldam. The … to Sudwell. 1 Here one Clark had under the Arch-bishop (of York) whose fee it was, one bov. ad Geldam. This concerned …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth estate included much of the parish. Ditton Camoys and Ditton Valence manors … their names in the later 13th century from the surnames of the families which had owned them from c. 1200. 57 DITTON … 58 Archbishop Stigand later held it as lessee or custodian of the abbey, and on his death in 1072 it was taken by …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half … order of Friars of St. Renaldus, alias Camaldules, in all France; who hath from thence forsaken all his honours and …