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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1 The parish includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In … from about 200 ft. in the river valley to about 400 ft. at the top of the down; from this higher ground three spurs … successively to his brothers Sir Robert, a member of Parliament for Salisbury and later Chief Justice of Common …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 150 Woodford-Cum-Membris (2) Settlement remains at West Farndon Prehistoric and Roman Worked flints, … common fields of Woodford Halse were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1758. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields remains … The common fields of Hinton were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1753. The ridge-and-furrow of these fields can …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and … cottages built in the first half of the 19th century in Whitehall Road also remained. At Woodford Bridge, where most … Sir Winston Churchill (18741965) represented Woodford in Parliament from 1924 to 1964. In 1959 a bronze statue of him …
A History of the County of Essex
… In 1086 the manor comprised 5 hides and was valued at 100 s. 8 When Waltham was reconstituted by Henry II in … Hill House, was let to William Waverley for 30 p.a. 17 At that date the fixed rents accruing to the manor amounted … to William Hunt in 1727, after obtaining a private Act of Parliament. 42 The hall remained in that family until about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes … whilst translating Bothius: Ethelred held a council or parliament here, and made several of the statutes enumerated … was always privileged to send two representatives to parliament, though the right was only exercised without …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… remains (TL 037941), formerly part of Woodnewton village, at its S.E. end, E. of the road to Southwick. The site … banks, with the much damaged remains of building-platforms at their N. ends. The buildings had already been abandoned by … remains. The common fields were enclosed by Act of Parliament of 1777 (NRO, map of 1778). Nothing is known of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and … corporation was exempted from sending representatives to parliament, a privilege willingly eschewed from the mid 16th … property owner. 19 In 1642 he was reprimanded by parliament for his zeal in the royalist cause and by December …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to … of the death of a sitting member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double … charged with purging the corporation in 1662, and at his own cost defended the borough's charter of 1664 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks … annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted with gas by a company established also by act of parliament, and is supplied with water from the works of the …