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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … established. A mayor is chosen in October, at the manorial court leet, but he has no magisterial authority; and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… front wall, remainder coursed rubble, was built as a house and shop in 1849. The street front has a round-headed doorway, plain window openings and continuous platband sills. A sash window has replaced the … enclosing waste land and making a garden (Stamford Baron, Court Rolls, April 1830). Fig. 212 Seal of Browne's Hospital …
A History of the County of Rutland
… to in the Northamptonshire Geld Roll of about 1075, and the southern portion of the Wapentake of Wiceslea in the … of Witchley (Wiceslea) had become part of Rutland by 1129 and probably some years earlier (see account of the County), … Snelleston and Caldecott. 3 Wrandike, where probably the court was held, may be 'Wrongedich' in North Luffenham. 4 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 86; patrons and appropriators, the Dean aud Chapter of Carlisle. The …
A Dictionary of London
… 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … mayor is returning officer. The powers of the county debt-court of Wycombe, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged to 914 a. by the transfer of Hortonwood and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. … pillars at the angles. The powers of the county debt-court of Wymondham, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… geld-roll of c. 1074 Wymersley figures as a hundred and a half; 1 but in the Domesday Survey the western portion … Collingtree, Courteenhall, Hardingstone, Milton, and Rothersthorpe, and probably Wootton) constituted the … of the hundred were compelled to attend the three-weekly court of Wymersley; the jurors alleged that this practice …