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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 … of the parish and there is extensive evidence of Romano-British occupation in several places, some unidentified, …
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, … head-quarters were fixed here, the institution of the Royal Military Academy, and various other foundations, has …
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 … of Adderbury, Oxford, 1760; Lieut. Thomas Sanders of the Royal Artillery, 1766; Simeon Hill, Esq. 1769; Joseph Harris, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county … 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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal … Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of flint rubble with freestone dressings and the roofs are …
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 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains … timber-framed house of the 17th century, and the Royal Oak is an extended and altered house of 17th-century origin. The Royal Oak was open as a public house from 1848 22 or earlier …