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A History of the County of Hampshire
… The parish of Woodmancott consists of 1,404 acres of down and country, which rises here to considerable heightsin one … recorded. The village is grouped round St. James's Church and the Manor Farm in the extreme west of the parish. A short … and 2 virgates, and was then held of the abbey by Alsi the son of Brixi. 4 Its value, which was then 7, had risen to 7 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Chalk Downs. It measures some 2 miles from north to south, and a mile from east to west, and contains 1,591 acres. The village stands on a narrow … brick in the castellated style. Jeffrey Lambert, eldest son of John Lambert (seventh of the name, who died in 1533), …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… name according to Verstegan, from the Saxon idol Woden, (and it is spelt by some Wodensborough) whose place of worship … is within the jurisdiction of the justices of the town and port of Sandwich, and liberty of the cinque ports; and … place, but both within the hundred of Eastry. Oshern,(son of Letard) holds of the bishop one suling in Selinge. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… 1894, into Woodston Rural parish, containing 984 acres, and Woodston Urban parish, containing 70 acres. The Rural … is controlled by the Old Fletton Urban District Council, and the Urban parish is included in the Municipal Borough of … of it for life four years earlier. 9 It passed to his son and heir Anthony 10 and from that time followed the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of land, of which 54 are arable, 483 under permanent grass and 47 woods and plantations. 1 It lies to the north-west of Aldermaston, … to Roger Panculf, 17 as under-tenant of Ferrers. His son and heir Ralf de Chequers died seised of the estate …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… about 5 miles north of Grafham station on the Huntingdon and Kettering branch of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. It lies about 6 miles north-west from … as held of the king by Gode or Golde and Uluric his son, who were thegns of the king. They originally held an …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Cheltenham, is a small parish lying partly in the vale and partly on the slopes of an outlying hill of the Cotswold … escarpment. The parish, which was 787 a. in area 1 and elongated in shape, was merged in 1935 in the civil … to his nephew, Sir Thomas Throckmorton (d. 1568), whose son Sir Thomas 28 evidently lost possession to John Parsons …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… eastward. It lies on the bank of the river Thames, and was called, in the time of the Saxons, Hulviz, which, in … inhabited, owing probably to the lowness of its situation, and the overflowings of the river, before it was imbanked. A … as she had held it before. 9 This Sir John de Pulteney, son of Adam de Pulteney and Maud his wife, was a person of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… been divided in 1894 between the parishes of Gatcombe and Whippingham for civil purposes. 1 Part of Chillerton was … in 1882. 2 It comprises the land between Fishbourne Creek and Whippingham, lying north of the road from Newport to … to the de Insula or Lisle family, and was held by John son of William de Lisle at the end of the century. 5 It had …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xi cent.); Wutton (xii cent.). Wootton is a large parish and scattered village covering an area of 3,788 acres, of which 1,423 are arable land, 1,803 permanent grass, and 97 consist of woods and plantations. 1 The soil is a … de Patishull without royal licence, for which offence his son John Marshall had to obtain pardon in 1353, when he …