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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. James) AVEBURY ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Marlborough, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of … in the king's books at 14. 10. 5.; patron, the Bishop of London; appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Avening Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. One of the John Drivers of Aston gave £50, the interest to be used to bind … together with that founded by Richard Cambridge of London who left £20 for the benefit of Nailsworth tithing, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parish was apparently attached in some way to the parish of Horsley before 1105 when the independence of each was confirmed. 3 The church was granted to Tewkesbury … and often during the 18th. In 1779 Nathaniel Thornbury of London presented a kinsman to the living, 6 and in 1806 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… employed on the demesne at Avening, 17 and the same number of ploughs, each with 8 oxen, was in use in the early 12th … century, however, arable farming was reduced in favour of sheep-farming; only 4 ploughs were used by the 1170s, 19 … was sold by the trustees to William Skinner, a salter of London, in 1717. In 1720 the mill was sold by Skinner to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Avening Education EDUCATION. Samuel Sandford of London, by will dated 1710, gave £200 for teaching 6 poor boys of Avening division within Avening parish. The children were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Avening Introduction AVENING The ancient parish of Avening, two miles north of Tetbury, comprised two detached portions separated by a … some importance as a route to Cirencester and was called London way by 1612 27 and in 1824 was said to be a coach …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1086, 63 and by 1135 had been granted to the convent of Holy Trinity at Caen in Normandy 64 which also held Minchinhampton. The manor of AVENING descended with Minchinhampton until 1813 65 when … Sandford of Stonehouse to his brother Thomas Sandford of London in 1731. Thomas (d. by 1753) devised his lands to be …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Awre AWRE The parish of Awre 85 lies 16 km. south-west of Gloucester between the river Severn and the Forest of … The younger Thomas was presumably the Mr. Blackall of London who owned the estate c. 1700. 11 In 1731 it belonged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… AYLESBEAR ( St. Christopher), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 8 miles … (S. E. by S.) from Buckingham, and 38 (N. W. by W.) from London by way of Watford; containing, with the hamlet of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… AYR, a sea-port, burgh, and market-town, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, of which it is the capital, 77 miles (S. W. by W.) … and neighbourhood, are sent to the Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London markets; the fishery in the Doon is let for 235, and …