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A History of the County of Somerset
… elsewhere which was alienated from the holding in Henry II's reign. 23 John held Pignes of the king in chief by the sergeanty of usher or porter of the king's hall. 24 Pignes evidently passed to William the usher (fl. 1199), 25 and by 1207 to William's daughter Helen of Wigborough, who married Eustace of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Thames, near Duxford, presumably represented the river's earlier course. 19 The name Chimney, meaning 'Ceomma's island', reflects its low-lying position surrounded by … south-west of modern Chimney Farm, with a few agricultural buildings east of Lower Farm; there were then three farms, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Chingford 18. CHINGFORD. (B.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)lvii. S.W. (b)lvii. S.E. (c)lxv. N.W.) Chingford is a parish and suburb of London …
The Environs of London
… anciently written Cingeford 1, which signifies the King's Ford. It lies in the hundred of Waltham, at the distance of … of about 2s. 6d. in the pound. Manors. Chingford-St. Paul's. From the earliest times there have been two manors in this … parish, one of which belonged to the church of St. Paul's, before the Norman Conquest 3. The dean and chapter …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Barwick, and Coker, W. division of Somerset, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Yeovil; containing 735 inhabitants. It is … rough walls. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown, with … 254 pasture. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. 9. 7., and in the gift of the Earl of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… where Kennett had been detached by 1086. Chippenham's western boundary was straightened in 1801. On the … of the Tharp family from 1791, has dominated the parish's landscape since the 18th century. No ancient woodland … ripped out trees, and a tenant challenged his landlord's rights to plant trees on leased farmland, but between 1810 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when the earl of Essex confirmed the tithes of Chippenham's demesne to the preceptor, but in 1284 the abbot of Walden only recognized 1 a. of the preceptory's warren to be free of tithe. 16 The abbots of Walden … 14 a. of arable, lying in 21 strips in four of Chippenham's fields, and 1 a. of pasture in Badlingham. 20 In 1791 the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Earl Hereric, who bought out his younger brother Leofwine's rights in Downham with land at Chippenham given them by … but by 1130 had reverted to the Crown. 14 By 1136 William's son, Geoffrey (cr. earl of Essex 1140, d. 1144) held the … the preceptor of Carbrooke, and Thomas Bowles was North's tenant in 1544. 20 Thomas, who had also inherited the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Chipping Barnet 34. CHIPPING BARNET. (O.S. 6 in. xlv. N.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. … tapering to 16 ft. at the W. end) has 15th-century N. and S. arcades of five bays with moulded arches of two orders, … half-octagonal capitals. In one of the spandrels of the S. arcade is a contemporary tablet inscribed "Ora[te p aa] …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Chipping Ongar 19. CHIPPING ONGAR. (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. li. S.W.) Chipping Ongar is a small town and parish 6 m. N.N.W. … plastered; the roofs are tiled or thatched. Many of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams, wide fireplaces and …