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A History of the County of Essex
… and sports equipment. FOREST. The whole of Woodford was within the ancient Forest of Essex. In the Middle Ages it was … at the north-west extremity of the parish, was to remain within the royal forest until Henry III came of age, when the … 50 On both these occasions the wood was described as being within the bounds of the forest of Waltham. At Monkhams the …
A History of the County of Essex
… century improved roads and the railway brought Woodford within the range of middle class city workers. Streets of … mails from a much earlier date. From 1692 Woodford was within the area covered by the London penny post. 111 There …
A History of the County of Essex
… contractor. In 1783 the vestry again opened a workhouse within the parish, leasing a building in Monkhams Lane. This … with the trustees for repairs to sections of the roads within the parish, the money being paid from the overseers' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are 1294 acres. The village, situated on a fertile plain within a mile of the sea, consists of some well-built houses …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… c(12). Mounds, two, 1 m. S.E. of the church, and within the sea-wall near the head of a creek. They are of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of buttresses and projections to the southern wing. Within the area of the house is a roofless cellar, probably …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… that it has at some time been heightened. The ditch within the bank is up to 35 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep and, … 115.) The church (1) stands on a low, roughly oval mound, within a sub-rectangular enclosure defined by a low bank, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Bilsborough c. 1300 or later 77 may merely have resided within the tithing, but by the earlier 17th century there … from the mid 16th century 85 may merely have been resident within the tithing, but a hamlet was recorded in 1595, 86 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally within the liberty of the city of Oxford, county of Oxford, 8 … coins, especially of Constantine, are occasionally dug up within the limits of the borough; and the Akeman-street, an …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Beard was taxed on five hearths in 1665, 35 survives within the south front of a doublepile red brick house of c. …