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A History of the County of Hampshire
… 'Tannerstret,' 'Bucchestret' (where near the wall the abbess had two manses de terra regis), in 'Calpestret,' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… operations here on an extensive scale. In 714, Eadburga, abbess of Repton, to whom Wirksworth then belonged, sent … Abbey, a leaden coffin; and in 835, Kenwara, another abbess of Repton, granted her estate at Wercesvorde to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the common might be dangerously overstocked. In 1279 the abbess of Godstow held the whole of Wolvercote. There were 8 … working, being tallaged, and redeeming their sons at the abbess's will. The 8 yardlanders each paid 3 s. 4 ½d. rent, … half-yardlanders 20 d each. 31 Works, including mowing the abbess's meadow, reaping, binding, and carrying corn for one …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Giles's parish, was later included in Godstow. In 1279 the abbess of Godstow had 33 tenants at Wolvercote, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 68 About 1133 John of St. John granted Edith, the first abbess, the land called GODSTOW on which she had built her …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 48 The building has been suggested as the chapel of the abbess's lodging, but since that lodging was used to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Monkhams, together with Hill House and Gales east of the Roding, and Milkwell farm. There were then 339 a. of arable … on either side of the High Road, and along the bank of the Roding, and a large part of the north-west corner of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… for the Hainault L.C.C. estate (194854), as an annexe of Roding junior school (19545), and an annexe of St. Barnabas secondary boys school (195665). 31 Roding junior mixed and infants schools. North Woodford primary school, Roding Lane, was built in 1939 and used by the fire service …
A History of the County of Essex
… this the parish slopes gently eastwards down to the river Roding. The soil is mainly London clay, with patches of … garden-suburb type. There are recreation grounds along the Roding and greens at Woodford Bridge. Patches of woodland and … from the north-east. Coming from Abridge, it crossed the Roding by a ford, from which the village derived its name, …