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A History of the County of Essex
… where a branch of his family owned land; William ad aquam, or atte Ree, was one of a family from which Ray House derived … inns in Woodford in 1753: the George, White Hart, Ship and Castle, New Wells, and Old Wells. 49 The number licensed rose … served by the Buckhurst exchange. 117 In 1864 the West Ham Gas Co., which since 1856 had been empowered to supply …
A History of the County of Essex
… sheltering strangers, and the failure to scour ditches or repair roads. The court also regulated grazing on the common. As well as constables one or two bread- and ale-tasters were usually elected. The … Bridge. In 1836 the workhouse was taken over by West Ham union. 15 It was sold a few years before 1848 and …
A History of the County of Essex
… rich man, with estates in several counties He died in 1557 or 1558, 27 having devised the manor of Woodford to Bernard, … house was used until 1900 as Mrs. Gladstone's convalescent home. 51 It was then demolished and the parish church … of Buckhurst, 74 and in 1646 it was described as a manor or farm. 75 In 1547, after the Dissolution, Edward VI granted …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… survey. It comprises 3725 acres, of which 40 are common or waste. About a mile from the church is Edwin Hall, a … Jones, from the drawing-room of which is a view of Windsor Castle, 36 miles distant. The living is a rectory, valued in … the county of Chester, 6 miles (E. N. E.) from the village or town of Mottram. This district lies on the border of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 269 inhabitants. This parish, also called Woodmanstone or Woodmansthorne, comprises by measurement 1553 acres, of … It comprises 2922 acres, of which 29 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's … with a low tower. Upon the river are the remains of a castle of quadrangular form, built by Guido de Brient, one …
A History of the County of Sussex
… HO 129/ 86/2/7. Pioneers Still: Suss. Cong. Union and Home Missionary Soc. 1849-1949, 19. Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1887, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and the latter is represented by the mediaeval Woodsford Castle and its associated deserted village remains. The castle is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1) The … but nothing now remains above ground of the walls or buildings that closed the other three sides. Hutchins (I, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… north in 1891-3. 77 From 1930 the former workhouse was a home for the elderly, Hensington House. Most of the buildings … no. 30, which remained part of the inn until 1840 or later, 9 was let separately until sold c. 1886 with nos. … sqq., rents of 1 s. 10 d. and 1 s. 8 d. s.v. Curtis and Castle; P.R.O, HO 107/893. Boro. Mun. 53/½. e.g. ibid. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents applied to the original … was recalled that the townsmen had received Henry VIII at Castle Hill, 31 apparently at the north end of Common Acre. … was demolished in 1969 and the site used later for a home for the aged, Spencer Court, and a fire station, police …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 … to have been succeeded there by the mercer John Barnes (or Baron), ten times mayor in the early 16th century. … other ironware made at his Blenheim Foundry at Sturdy's Castle: he established a branch at Oxford by 1866 and soon …