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A History of the County of York North Riding
… present parishes of Forcett, Hutton Magna, South Cowton and Eryholme, besides the chapelries of Barforth and Mortham. 1 In 1831 it included the townships of North and … 1661 Jonathan Keate conveyed both manors to Thomas Earl of Elgin. 60 From this time both manors follow the descent of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… divided in almost equal proportions between arable land and permanent grass. 1 The soil is clay and the subsoil … Dame Ellensbury. 8 The Bruce family, afterwards Earls of Elgin 9 and Earls of Ailesbury, 10 and hereditary seneschals … Countess of Devon (sister of Thomas Bruce Earl of Elgin) to 'compose her distracted thoughts' 11 after the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Kirby-on-the-Hill, New Forest, Newsham, Ravensworth and Whashton, of which New Forest contains the hamlets of Helwith, Hallgate 2 and Casey Green. The area is 15,404 acres, of which 1,278 are … second Earl of Exeter, married Thomas Bruce, first Earl of Elgin 178 and lord of Whorlton in Cleveland (q.v.), and in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of which 1,149 are arable land, 759 permanent pasture and 343 woods and plantations. 1 The wooded portion lies to … mausoleum erected to the memory of Diana Countess of Elgin. There are Methodist chapels at Hall End and Breach, a … 21 by whom it was alienated in 1635 to Thomas Earl of Elgin, 22 in whose family it remained until 1738, when it was …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… position in the vale of York between the Hambleton Hills and the River Swale. The ecclesiastical parish comprised in 1831 the townships of Northallerton and Romanby and the chapelries of Brompton, Deighton and High … his brother and successor Thomas, 225 afterwards Earl of Elgin, 226 dealt with the advowson in 1627 227 and 1645. 228 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… three tithings, Shalbourne or Town, Bagshot in the north and Oxenwood in the south; the two latter, which were in … acres, of which 2,441 are arable, 1,564 permanent grass and 592 woods and plantations. 2 The soil is chiefly chalk, … leaving a son Charles, who succeeded to the earldoms of Elgin and Ailesbury in 1741 and died in 1747, leaving no …
A History of the County of Bedford
… acres, of which 500 are arable land, 358 permanent grass and 70 wood. 1 In the south of the parish the ground is high, … above ordnance datum, but beyond the village, to the north and east, the land gradually slopes, falling to 224 ft. in … of steward of the manor was held by the Bruces, Earls of Elgin and Ailesbury, chief stewards of the honour of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… In 1831 the parish of Wath comprised the township of Wath and the chapelries of Melmerby, Middleton Quernhow and Norton Conyers, the last of which was in Allerton … An inscription states that it was given by the Earl of Elgin in 1659. There is also a salver with foot probably by …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xi cent.); Westanfeld (xiii cent.). Marmion Tower and Church, West Tanfield, from the South-east The … first the Earl of Oxford and secondly Thomas Bruce Earl of Elgin. 44 Robert Bruce, second Earl of Elgin and first Earl of Ailesbury, was in possession of the …
Survey of London
… to imagine that this road was once a narrow, rutted and unlit track alongside a high brick wall which screened it … frequently passing through the same, become very ruinous, and many Parts thereof are, in the Winter and wet Seasons, so … son of attainted Jacobite 5th Earl, 176876. Countess of Elgin, wid. of 5th Earl, 17768. Lady Mary Ker, da. of 2nd …