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A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never … who in 1969 had a farm of 125 a. with a riding school. 93 HIGH WOOLASTON FARM belonged to the Hammond family …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, only the … 1859 from the parish church. 90 In 1851 a morning Sunday school and afternoon and evening services were held, with … until c. 1939, but apart from a fortnightly Sunday school still held in 1969, there had then been no regular …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … ponds built like the river to provide water for the Royal Ordnance Factory in Puriton parish. 10 The southern … farm work. 7 In the 1890s parents took children out of school for blackberrying, keeping sheep, and harvesting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … previously to the time of Henry VIII., who constructed a royal dockyard here, which was enlarged by Queen Elizabeth, … At the extremity of the east quadrangle is a riding-school of elegant design, near which is a large brick …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich … The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal estate, which is … and his Lady, Elizabeth, born Aug. 22, 1751. Mrs. Withers' school. Mrs. Anne Withers, in 1754, founded a girls' school, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … The tithes were commuted for land in 1778. A national school is maintained by the rector. The rent of three acres, … who, at the battle of Edge-Hill, bravely redeemed the royal standard, as is recorded on his monument in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at its W. end … of the foundation endowment of Lavendon Abbey (Bucks) in a royal confirmation of 1227 ( Mon Angl 6, 888) it appears that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of Wychwood. The landscape varies from the flat … may be identified with the three hundreds dependent on the royal manor of Wootton in 1086 and sometimes called the three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part Wootton Hundred (Southern Part) THE SOUTHERN part of Wootton hundred 1 covered 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided … those at Witney and Oxford. Many parishes lay within the royal forest of Wychwood and some, notably North Leigh, had … In the Middle Ages much of the area belonged to a royal estate, Woodstock manor, centred on the king's palace …