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Alumni Oxonienses
… Thomas, of Woodmancote, Sussex, gent. See Foster's Judges and Barristers. [ 5] West, Christopher of Devon, gent. … rector of Shillington, Dorset, 1649, canon of Combe (4) Wells, 1664, and rector of Durweston, Dorset, 1664, until his … 1634, ejected about 1642, canon of Peterboro 1631, and of Bath and Wells 1634; died in 1660; perhaps father of John …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… an early foundation as it formerly also served Newnham and Minsterworth; both those places had chapels of ease by … In practice, however, Isabel's assigns, members of the Bath family, made all the presentations until 1320, usurping … deanery of Exeter and prebends at Exeter, Hereford, and Wells. 8 The rector John Talbot had leave of absence for …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: AGRICULTURE. In 1086 5 ploughs and one servus were recorded on the demesne of the Crown's … by the cash rents that were owed. 58 Nicholas of Bath's third share of Westbury manor included 260 a. of … in 1255 when the Abbot of Flaxley granted it to Henry of Bath in exchange for another mill, called Wood Mill, at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a large rural parish of scattered hamlets and farmsteads, lies 6 miles southwest of Gloucester between the River Severn and the Forest of Dean hills. A part of Flaxley parish, … Common, was absorbed into Westbury parish in 1882, 1 and a small detached part of Westbury lying just inside …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Introduction MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1066 Westbury was the centre of a large … Isabel granted her share of the manor in 1235 to Henry of Bath 69 who was repairing and extending his house at Westbury … 1242. 70 By 1272 Henry's estate had passed to Nicholas of Bath who held it in 1309. 71 Nicholas of Bath died c. 1326 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… had no demesne. 3 The Domesday entry records 7 demesne and 40 villein ploughs. There were 80 a. of meadow, and pasture 3 leagues long by 3 leagues broad. On the demesne there were 28 serfs and 16 coliberts, and there were 38 villeins and 23 bordars. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… date. Throughout the Middle Ages the churches of Bratton and Dilton were dependent chapels of Westbury church and remained so, in the case of Bratton, until 1845 when a … was built in 1863 on ground given by the Marquess of Bath. 80 The church of ST. JAMES lies on the lower slopes of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Industry and trade INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Like the other towns in the basin of the Bradford … in Edward Street. The newspaper machinery was removed to Bath. 52 Several concerns have either moved branches to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… stretching some seven miles from east to west, and approximately four miles from north to south, and … of the steep chalk downs, there are numerous springs and wells. A spring rising at Wellhead to the south of the town … by Sir Manesseh Massey Lopes in 1815. 38 It is built of Bath stone and has a colonnaded ground floor of 3 bays. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it by Alan de Neville. 31 The estate passed to the Pavelys and may have been one of the two pastures stocked for Reynold … the Ballard family leased lands there from the Marquess of Bath. 96 Some time before 1830 the property of the Ballards … was leasing Grange Farm and approximately 200 a. from Lord Bath and had a freehold estate in Bratton of about the same …