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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Quy. The two smaller estates had together only 4 bordars and apparently no teams. 40 In 1279 41 the two manors based … That of Holmhall manor later included 220-60 a., 42 and in 1737 308 a., 43 after 50 a. had been acquired 1635 × … STAC 2/10, ff. 317-18. C.R.O., L 93/84. Ibid. R 52/6/1. Wells, Bedf. Level, ii. 267. C.R.O., L 93/84; cf. ibid. L …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ancient parish of Stowell lay 4 km. north of Milborne Port and probably derived its name from the stony stream which ran … measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest point and 2 km. from east to west. Roads followed part of the … 191; above, manor. S.R.O., D/P/stow 1/7/2; Dioc. Dir.; Wells, Dioc. Regy. Patronage Reg. Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Stradbroke ( All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Hoxne, E. division of Suffolk, 5 miles (E.) … to Norwich. A corn-market takes place every Tuesday; and petty-sessions are held monthly. The living is a … be applied, among other purposes, in support of a school; and Mary Warner, in 1746, left an annuity of 15 for teaching …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… by a descriptor as in FISH STRAINER, SOUP STRAINER and TEA STRAINER. Some straining if it were to be effective … powder to be passed through a very fine mesh, hence 'Hair and Lawn Strainers' [Tradecards (1760)]. Because such strainers would be difficult to clean and would easily have transmitted taste and odour from one …
The Environs of London
… Stratford-le-Bow STRATFORD-BOW. Name and etymology. History of Stratford, commonly called … common with Stratford on the opposite side of the river, and many others in various parts of the kingdom, from an … gravel between the two bridges. Moreover, she gave manors and a mill, commonly called Wiggen Mill, to the Abbess of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish under the Extra-Parochial Places Act of 1857, 3 and was amalgamated with Stratford in 1894. 4 Avon was a … Court. She was there in 1702, 52 but often stayed in Bath, 53 and left Stratford for good in 1708. 54 The house … commemorates Anne (d. 1630), daughter of Hugh Halswell, of Wells (Som.), and wife of Dr. Andrew Bowerman. 459 Josiah …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Stratton STRATTON, a hamlet, in the parish, union, and hundred of Biggleswade, county of Bedford, of a mile (E. … on the ancient Fosse-way, now part of the road from Bath to SheptonMallet. Stone is quarried for building, and … parish of Evercreech, union of Shepton-Mallet, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of the county of Somerset; …
The Environs of London
… London; strete signifying in the Saxon language a highway, and ham a dwelling. The Normans, with little attention to its … have spelt it Streatham, though the a seems an unnecessary and improper interpolation 1. Situation boundaries, soil, &c. … Streatham lies in the eastern division of Brixton hundred, and is situated on the road from London to Croydon, at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Wandsworth, E. division of the hundred of Brixton and of the county of Surrey, 6 miles (S. by W.) from London; … Trinity) STREET ( Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Whitley, W. division of Somerset, 1 mile … 1219 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Bath to Exeter, and comprises 2768 acres, whereof 223 are …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… NAMES The gazetteer covers the area of the former borough and includes all streets which existed by 1853. 73 Several … gazetteer. For unidentified or lost streets the earliest and latest, sometimes the only, occurrences are given. … names. Albert Terrace was formerly known as Slutwell Lane and was recorded by that name from 1773; it was presumably …