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A History of the County of Essex
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable … from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, and the men … Hall. Estates were being acquired by wealthy men of London like the Mannocks, the Denhams, and the Grimstons, 72 …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles … south of that, then, as the ground rises, bands of London clay, and sands and gravels. Most of the higher south … that a crocodile escaped from Richard I's menagerie in the Tower of London and caused much damage in Wormingford before …
A History of the County of Essex
… Church Hall manor in the 15th century, handled transfers of holdings and amerced tenants for trespass and nuisances. … the court baron at about two-yearly intervals; the number of jurors sworn ranged from 2 to 15, but was more often a … yd. each. In 1767 a woman was treated at Guys hos- pital, London, at parish expense. There was a salaried doctor in …
A History of the County of Essex
… had been taken by Raymond Girald and was held by Roger of Poitou who held manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. … it to William de Munfitchet and thereafter the manor of WORMINGFORD HALL was held of the barony of Stansted … and other architectural sal- vage was brought from London and elsewhere. Before those alterations the house …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands at the S. end of the … the Chancel re-built in the 14th century, and the West Tower added in the 15th century. The N. wall and part of the … of chancel, wood tablet carved with arms of the see of London impaling those of King, 17th-century. ConditionGood. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. … to St. Mary, was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and spire, in 1839, at a cost of 1200; it is a handsome … is sent to all parts of Lincolnshire, the eastern coast, London, &c.; and pig-iron is manufactured in large …
A History of the County of York
… It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps … or perhaps two apses on their eastern sides, a central tower and an apse-ended chancel. It thus conformed to the … thought that the whole occasion 'did represent a second London'. 27 The minster acquired still more the character of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches … slates. The church, comprising a Chancel, Nave and West Tower, was built c. 1100. In the 13th century the chancel was … form one group. a(11) Cottages, two (200 yds. S.E.). a(12) London Row, five dwellings (80 yds. S.E.). a(13) Cottages, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary … by the building of a direct turnpike road from Horsham and London after 1802 3 and the opening of a market in 1810. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, occurred in the early 15th century. 75 … consisted of a chancel, aisled nave, transepts, west tower, and vestry. 24 Galleries were built in the transepts … nave, and aisles, with an organ chamber and north porch. A tower with spire was built in 1888, in which eight tubular …