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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The revival of Roman Catholicism in the parish dates from the purchase of the manor by William Leigh, a convert to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Until inclosure c. 1816 open-field arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by 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 the village, providing timber and some pasture, while …
A History of the County of Essex
… school at Woodford, apparently Anglican, where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. 1 By 1807, if not before, the only Sunday school was being held by Dissenters, but in …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and … still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban district was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Ferrers is a parish and village 6 m. S.W. of Maldon. The church, Bicknacre Priory and Edwin's Hall are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of mixed rubble with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… covers 2,594 acres in a broad strip of land extending from the R. Allen in the W. to the Dorset Heathlands in the E. From the Allen at about 140 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE Woodmancote lies north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it … in 1971 it had 905 ha. (2,236 a.). 51 In 1985 some land in the south-east was transferred to Albourne and Poynings … in shape and c. 2¾ miles long by 1½ mile wide. Much of the southern boundary and part of the eastern boundary …