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A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … section was in 1403 called Long Lane. 13 From the ford a way known as 'the Lane' struck westwards for about a mile … in the High Road, was perhaps more widely known for the pack of harriers kept there. 146 Sydney Smith (17711845), …
A History of the County of Essex
… does not seem to have been appropriated, even temporarily, and its incumbent has always been styled a rector. But part … composition was made in 1224 between the abbot of Waltham and the rector of Woodford to settle certain divisions of tithe and other matters, although no mention was then made of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … books at 12. 13. 1.; net income, 437; patron, the Rev. L. Way. The church is a neat edifice in good repair, with some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… in. (a)liii. N.E. (b)liv. N.W.) Woodham Walter is a parish and small village 2 m. W. of Maldon. The principal monuments are the Church and the Bell Inn. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. … and have cambered tie-beams and king-posts with two-way struts. a(10). Westbowers, house, 1,600 yards N.W. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. Further E. the land falls and the Chalk is soon overlain by Reading Beds and London Clays which give rise to a well-wooded area, at … W. to the flood-plain of the R. Allen by a broad hollow-way, probably of mediaeval or later date. Whether there is …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WOODMANCOTE Woodmancote lies north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it comprised 2,239 a. and in 1971 it had 905 ha. (2,236 a.). 51 In 1985 some land … 1951. By 1981 it had fallen to 436. 9 The Roman Greensand Way passed through the southern part of the parish; remains …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 378 inhabitants. The road from London to Brighton, by way of Horsham, runs through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ft. along the Frome. The S. half is all on Bagshot Beds and Plateau Gravel and is partly heathland while the N. is largely on a wide … roof of a lean-to pentice, now gone, providing a covered way between two doorways and the stair turret. All the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … By 1598 the corporation was letting a house on Hollow Way but seems to have sold the freehold before the late 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1488). 77 In 1551 the corporation bought the chantry house and undertook to use it for three or four almsmen, but the site was later found inconvenient and in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town … provided an alternative house with a large close in Hollow Way (later Oxford Street), rebuilding it in 1612 and again in …