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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … Hall is a large old edifice in the township. A copyhold court is held here. Woolton, Much WOOLTON, MUCH, a chapelry, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The … standing within a moat of quadrangular form and an outer court, of which only part of the range of buildings on the W. …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … of Edward IV.) it was sold to the Boughtons of Burwash-court: it is probable he had seen some deed in which the …
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 river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at its W. end where it extends N.W. around the W. edge of Hardingstone to gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its …
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 … a gate of the royal park. By the 17th century the hundred court was called the Park Gate court. 20 Numerous franchises … was trying, apparently without success, to recover the suit of Nicholas de Moels of Over Worton and two other …
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 East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix … between 1842 and 1886. 22 LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of the court of Wootton Rivers manor survive for 1455-6, 1561-4, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it … within the city and county of the city, not capital; a court of record takes place every Monday, for the recovery of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester College Worcester College (26) Worcester College stands on the W. side of Stockwell Street. The walls are of local Oxfordshire stone … shield of the arms of Glastonbury Abbey (formerly in the court near the hall); three of the windows are original, but …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… in God the Lord Bushopp and others her majesties justices of the peace Your lordships humble peticioner Ellioner Reeve … her, was about a moneth sithence forceiblie turned out of an out howse of Thomas Sales in Odingley wherein she had … peticion of Margery Glover widow etc. Preferr this to the court to be examined To allow her iiii pence weekly so she …