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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Some bequests have been left to the poor. John Evelyn, a great benefactor to the Royal Society, of which he was a … Lyme-Regis; containing 300 inhabitants. The liberty is of great extent, stretching from the river Char to the Axe, … of the Muxon family, who are said to have been owners of a great part of the parish. About 20 per annum, arising from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the entire population was swept off by the plague, and great quantities of human bones have been since discovered on … to be made, and a house built for the master. Wreningham, Great and Little (All Saints) WRENINGHAM, GREAT and LITTLE ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of …
A Dictionary of London
… Place See Wingfield Place. Wynsoler (le) Tenement and great solar called "le Wynsoler" belonged to John Byker, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for 208. 6., the vicarial for 310. 19., and the glebe comprises one acre; the great tithes of Charlton township have been commuted for 133, … The pleasure-grounds adjoining the house are laid out with great taste. The living is a vicarage not in charge; net …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… cleared in the century after 1650 as mining expanded. A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for … 33; S.R.O. 676/28. Trinder, op. cit. 33. J. R. Wordie, 'A Great Landed Estate in the 18th Cent.' (Reading Univ. Ph.D. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a rectory in 1868, although from the acquisition of the great tithes in 1847 Reginald Yonge frequently signed himself … in 1849. 30 In 1847 Queen Anne's Bounty bought the great tithes that belonged to Mrs. Cludde of Orleton, on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Powis conveyed it to his brother R. C. Herbert, 70 whose great-grandson, V. M. E. Holt, owned it until 1981 71 when … endowed the vicarage with a £10 rent charged on the great tithes under the terms of his will dated 1658, to …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… eventually obtained much the greatest part of the great area of woodland east of Wellington. It also had rights … the Black Death, sheep farming seems not to have been of great importance, for in 1341 there was alleged to be little …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… south-west of the farmhouse. 46 In 1333 and 1350 the great tithes, with the tithes of hay in Allscott and … of Allscott and £198 14 s. 8 d. to Edward Cludde. The great tithes in Charlton (except the corn tithes from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… narrow channel between Portsmouth and Langston harbours. Great, and part of Little, Horsea island, at the upper end of … containing 766 inhabitants. This place, which is of great antiquity, is still surrounded by its ancient walls. … were destroyed by fire; and in 1631, the plague raged with great fury among the inhabitants. The town is situated on the …