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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wellingborough; containing 1120 inhabitants. … laid-out garden, sloping to the margin of an extensive lake, the whole forming one of the most imposing specimens of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th … and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then … made in 1726 marked the westernmost stream as the Shire Lake, as in the 19th century. 39 Most of the rest of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Helmsley; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises … WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… comprised Wrockwardine Wood C.P. (914 a.) and the new C.P.s of St. George's (129 a.) and Priorslee (584 a.). 56 In 1934 the U.D.'s … metres above O.D. near Trench Pool. The location of the 'lake-ridge' referred to in the name Wombridge 67 is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small … during the 16th century. 10 The tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working … on the Inch brook. 31 Park Mill, standing on the lowest lake in Woodchester Park, 32 was originally attached to an …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … as a memorial to Lt.-Col. F. G. G. Bailey (d. 1951) of Lake House, Wilsford. 15 There are two inns in the parish, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … Woodmancott WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, Eastern … eastern bank of the Glyme, an expansion of which forms the lake in Blenheim Park, and which afterwards joins the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were his sisters Nichole, Lucy, and Olive. After Lucy's death without issue her share seems to have passed to … 1416), who was succeeded by his son John (d. 1467). John's son and heir Sir William died in 1527, 48 and under a … terraced gardens survived to the north-west in 1984, but a lake depicted in 1768 north-west of the house 37 had gone by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … corporation meadows were granted by the Crown in 1453 as a lake or marsh called le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … park richly embellished with wood, and diversified with a lake studded with picturesque islands. The living is a …