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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually belonging to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … latter from the Saxon Willi or Vili, signifying "many," and Combe, "a deep ravine" or "dell." The town occupies a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of … Wolverhampton; containing, with the liberties of Orton and Swindon, 1808 inhabitants, of whom 1220 are in the … about 4000 acres, of a light loamy soil, generally good, and remarkable for the production of corn and vegetables; the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Few roads are likely to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was … to Shifnal, first mentioned in 1335. 70 Watling Street and the road via Priorslee to Shifnal were turnpiked in 1726. … built c. 1817, left Watling Street at Pottersbank, Ketley, and rejoined the existing Shifnal road at Snedshill along the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the antiquities that have been found are, foundations and ruins of buildings, fragments of statues, stags' horns, … of the Lower Empire, a coin of Adrian, one of Lucilla, and a noble tessellated pavement, of which an engraving was … forming part of a range of hills which inclose a beautiful and fertile vale. Spring Park, in the parish, is a splendid …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … was amalgamated with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and Woodford was formed. In 1965 Wanstead and Woodford, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and slates. The earliest work in the church is of mid …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… near the middle of the parish. The walls are of stone and pebble-rubble with dressings of Weldon and Ketton stone; the roofs are covered with tiles and lead. There is some re-used 12th-century material, and …