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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … 2, map, 1769. Local information. Mon. & Glouc. Roads Act, 31 Geo. II, c. 44; Annual Turnpike Acts Continuance Act, 34 & 35 Vic. c. 115. Badminton Mun. F Drawer 2, map, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never belonged to Queen Maud, 7 but was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich … rebuilt between the years 1733 and 1740, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, by which it was included among the fifty new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … The rent of three acres, awarded under an inclosure act, and now let for about 6 per annum, is appropriated to … VI., from which time it regularly returned two members to parliament till it was disfranchised by the act 2nd of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … Remains. The common fields of Wootton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, Long …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the … Below, Wootton, manors. Ibid. Duke of Marlborough Estate Act, 3 & 4 Anne, c. 6. e.g. Bk. of Fees, i. 589. Rot. Hund. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains … on whose execution and attainder in 1552 it passed by Act to his son Sir Edward (cr. earl of Hertford 1559, d. … field. 91 Southbrook field and the 130 a. were inclosed by Act of 1836: the land lay inclosed in 1838 although an award …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … the castle, and advancing upon them suddenly, while in the act of ravaging the bishop's lands at Wick, captured or … whom they assisted to fortify the city against the parliament. These, being afterwards joined by Lord Coventry …