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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 … and Woodditton Road was bought in the 1920s by Sir Alec Black, Bt. (d. 1942), who laid out 12 units with shelter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… EDUCATION. Occasional classes taught by curates in the early 19th century 78 were superseded in 1847 by a … enlarged in 1872 80 and 1899. 81 The school taught pupils of secondary age until c. 1960, 82 then only juniors, and was … 1899; Kelly's Dir. Cambs. (1900). C.R.O., C/ES.55A/21; Black, Cambs. Educ. Rec. 55. Above, Cheveley, educ. Bd. of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. For civil purposes, the three principal manors were sometimes regarded in the … the parish was regarded as a single township. 96 View of frankpledge was exercised by the lords of the three … by its Newmarket tenants. 4 The earliest surviving vestry book covers the period 1650-1703. The parish had two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Woodend 68 WOODEND (OS 1:10000 a SP 64 NW, b SP 65 SW) The modern parish, formerly part of Blakesley, contains the site and lands of the deserted … (Fig. 28). Kirby is not mentioned by name in Domesday Book but it has been suggested that it is the small manor …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (a)lxv. N.E. (b)lxv. S.E.) Woodford is a parish and suburb of London adjoining Walthamstow on the E. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary has … (Melvil), wife of Dr. Thomas Holbech, 1666, alabaster and black marble tablet flanked by Ionic pilasters with pediment …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … who is mentioned in the Spectator, as having always worn black leathern garters buckled under his knees, a custom, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and … of WOODFORD is assumed to have been included in Domesday Book under Salisbury, which was held by the Bishop of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 149 Woodford-Cum-Membris Medieval settlements and estates The parish covers about 1100 hectares and is bisected by the … Clays between 120 m. and 135 m. above OD. On either side of the river the land rises across undulating clayland to a … m. above OD. The settlement is first recorded in Domesday Book when it was divided between two small manors, each with …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. … of Woodford are very numerous. 7 They include a parish book 164179, vestry minutes 16791851, churchwardens' accounts …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts … was a hermitage, which was superseded by a priory of Black canons founded and endowed by Maurice FitzJeffrey, in …