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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… inclosure c. 1816 open-field arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and … Ditton Camoys in 1291 had 32 villeins each holding 15 a. for weekwork and other services, and free tenants and molmen … Newmarket for residents to take jobs there until motor transport came into use, and employment in the rural part of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the … across the river. It appears that Upper Woodford has for long been the largest of the three villages. The houses … 1863. 37 In 1226 the manor was granted to William Harpeham for life, for the yearly rent of one pound of incense. 38 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of … in the woodland at an early date. In 1066 there was arable for 2 ploughs on the demesne and for the relatively large … there now (1965). Before the coming of the railway road transport provided much occupation in the village. In 1686 …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of … still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was … was electrified in 1947, when it was taken over by London Transport. 106 This had the effect of closing the level …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 212 Woodnewton Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies … century to a market gardening business based on the rapid transport of early radishes by local carriers. By the 16th … 1673 the village appears to have been socially depressed, for it had a high proportion of families rated at one hearth …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … a chapman, a harper, and a potter. Evidence adduced for a substantial pottery industry in Woodstock is weak, 68 … at Chaucer's House were prominent maltsters. 18 Improved transport brought prosperity to the town's many inns, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … Royalists then occupied Woodstock until June 1644: 2,000 soldiers were reported there in July 1643 when the king and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal … cost as much as 8. Legal charges, including the care and transport of prisoners, were regular items, and small sums …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of … Chamberlain (d. 1561), steward of the manor and M.P. for the county, and in 1553 and in the two parliaments of … He was disfranchised in 1581 and later became M.P. for Brackley (Northants.). 99 Sir Henry Lee became the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. Edward Wilsden was presented in … was a registered meeting, probably Baptist, at the house of Samuel Wise, an Old Woodstock farmer, but in 1738 the … in Oxford Street, registered in that year; mobs, including soldiers, broke up the meeting and stoned Hinton out of town …