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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 76 m. above OD. In the 18th century it was also known as Mill Hill. It consists of an oval mound, 50 m. across from E. … were found under the mound. In the 13th century a post mill was erected on the summit (Whellan, Dir., 431; J. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 24,157 a. 2 r., of which 4000 acres are arable, 12,000 meadow and pasture, 1000 woodland, 6786 common uninclosed, … Chillington works consist of four blast-furnaces, forge, mill, &c., producing 400 tons of finished iron per week, in … p., of which about 460 acres are arable, 998 pasture and meadow, 368 salt-marsh, 697 heath and warren, and 162 …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… his wife the Lady Amicia, demised, during their lives, the Mill called Ingram, scituate on the Leene, between Lenton and … the Prior, and the Covent of Lenton, 8 H. 4, to their said Mill, upon the same terms; and Thomas Elinham tee Prior, and the said Covent, 1 H. 6, demised the said Mill, with the said suit, to John Botre for ten years for 3l. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Richard Hall (probably d. 1705), was used to buy 9 a. of meadow in Wolvercote, thereafter known as the Poor's Plot. 94 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 3 s. a year, which seems to have been paid by the mill. 30 The abbey's rights over its servants may have led to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a large block of land extending from the Cherwell to Port Meadow. 90 Most of the land between the Woodstock road and … a.), presumably former arable and perhaps including the mill furlong recorded c. 1540. 92 The field boundaries … 1680s when the mill was converted from a fulling mill to a paper mill, attracting paper-makers to the village. 64 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1857 Thomas Combe built a schoolroom on the north side of Mill Street for evening classes for the mill workers. There is no further clear record of the school, … 29, 225. Inf. from Oxf. Educ. Cttee. H. Carter, Wolvercote Mill, 36, 57; O.R.O., MSS. Oxf. Dioc. c 335, f. 438; c 344, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… area of Cutteslowe (281 a.). 32 To the south is Port Meadow, the common pasture of the Oxford freemen, where … through the meadows to cross the Thames at Wytham mill. 66 A road running between the Banbury and Woodstock … Its main purpose was to provide access to Wolvercote paper mill, but it also enabled boats to join the Thames …
A History of the County of Oxford
… expenditure reached its peak of £418 in 1832 99 (when the paper mill was closed for at least part of the year), 1 the cost …
A History of the County of Oxford
… citizens of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the Dissolution the estate was bought by George Owen and, apart from land near Port Meadow sold by Richard Owen in 1611 and 1613, passed with …