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A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON Wootton lies 9 miles (15 km.) north-west of Oxford and 2 miles (3 km.) north of Woodstock on the river Glyme. 1 … Old Woodstock (reserved for treatment in a later volume), and there were other settlements at Ludwell, Hordley, and … both were there by 1809 in occupation of Southam's son, William (d. 1837). 105 In 1818 the mansion house was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Swindon. The parish is roughly triangular in shape and covers some 5,106 a. of land. 1 From the base of the triangle to its tip in the north is about 3 miles and the distance along the base is approximately three miles. … Basset. 75 Alan died in 12323 and was succeeded by his son Gilbert, who was deprived of his estates for a short time …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… covers a long strip of land stretching from Tadley and Baughurst in the north to Deane and Kempshott in the south: it contains 4,405 acres, of which … who was 'farmer' in 1507, 1516 and 15 22. 24 John the son of Thomas Wither rendered the account in 1530 after his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 2,264. Wootton Wawen is a large parish, about 7 miles long and 3 miles broad, including the hamlet of Ullenhall in the north-west and the township of Henley-in-Arden in the north-east, which … 'Doversele' 16 to the Abbey of Conches in Normandy. 17 His son Nicholas made gifts to the priory established here by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… boroughs in this parish, viz. Felderland, Word-street, and Hackling; the borsholders for the two former of which are … a part of this borough. THE PARISH OF WORD lies very flat and low, and is very unhealthy; it is in shape very long and … serjeant-at-law, who died possessed of it in 1576, and his son Sir William Lovelace, of Bethersden, alienated it to …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 176. On the east this parish adjoins Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, but the portion of the former county which … dated 956, by which he gave the vill to Earl fhere 1 and seem, so far as they can be identified, to agree fairly … in 1613 by Sir Robert, first Lord Spencer, and he or his son seem to have made alterations and perhaps enlargements to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Wormley (Wurmelea, Wermelai, xicent.; Wermele, xiii and xvi cent.) is a long, narrow parish stretching east and west and wooded at its western end. On the east it is … WORMLEY was one of the manors which were granted by Harold son of Godwin to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 3 At the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the chalk hills, lies Wormsell, now vulgarly called, and as frequently written, Wormshill. THAT PART of it … of East Kent, but the rest of it, including the church and village, is in that of West Kent, to which division … to Julian his wife, and afterwards to Richard Pepyr, his son. THIS MANOR was antiently esteemed as an appendage to the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Worplesdon WORPLESDON Werpesdune (xi cent.); Werplesdone and Werplesden (xii cent.). Worplesdon is a parish lying 3 … miles north-west from Guildford. It contains 5,253 acres, and is about 5 miles east to west, and 3 miles north to south … of Nicholas de Seymour, 9 while in 1328 Thomas de Seymour, son of Nicholas, was declared to be intermediate lord between …
A History of the County of Sussex
… is a large parish on the northern border of the county and the north-east corner of the rape, having an area of … to London runs up the western border of the parish, and the Southern Railway line parallel to it about 1 miles to … More, 9 from whose widow Agnes it passed in 1557 to their son Edward More. 10 Edward was succeeded before 1565 by …