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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Allostock - Alnwick Allostock ALLOSTOCK, a township, in the parish of Great Budworth, union and hundred of Northwich. S. division of the county of Chester, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Nether … from Doncaster; containing 69 inhabitants. The term holme or holmes is a generic name for low and level pasture lands …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… office April 1814 (T 41/4). Arnold, - App. 'a Clerk of the Treasury' Oct. 1743 ( Gent. Mag. (1743), xiii, 554). … to Secretary 11 April 1865 (AB, iv, 178-80). Gale, William or John Messenger to Secretary occ. 12 Aug. 1791, 1801 (T … to First Lord (Gladstone) 24 Dec. 1868 (ibid. 344-5). Guy, Henry Secretary March 1679-April 1689 (Baxter, Treasury, …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1790-c. 17 Aug. 1796 (Adm. 7/815 f. 28). Not included in the new establishment of the Navy Office, 1796 as considered inadequate to fill the … pd. from 19 Jan. to 16 March 1761 (Adm. 7/813 f. 18). Guy, John Clerk ( Bills and Accounts) 27 July 1715-24 June …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1835. Atherton, William Counsel and Judge Advocate of the Fleet 6 June 1855-16 Dec. 1859 (Adm. 12/602, under … no. 22337). Atkins, George Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 2 March 1745-3 Dec. 1754 (Adm. 6/16 p. 451). D. 3 … 1752 (SPB, vi f. 7). Left office 10 Oct. 1752 (ibid.). Guy, James Porter 11 June 1846-14 March 1862 (Adm. 12/458). …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 813 a. (329 ha.) in area. 65 Longnor village, which has the appearance of a small market town, stands on a saddle in the ridge which dominates the area and gives the township its … described as 'now something spoken of', and it had nine or ten licensed alehouse keepers in 1604. 75 The market place …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Agriculture Open Fields and Commons Alwoldsbury's field or fields were mentioned in 12467. 1 No later references have … and meadow in 1351 lay 'in Alwoldsbury and Alvescot', 2 the hamlets' fields may by then have been combined. … surnames in the late 13th century and early 14th included Tailor ( Cissor), Smith ( Faber), and Fuller ( Foulare), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Alvescot Introduction ALVESCOT The small stone-built village of Alvescot lies 6 miles (9.7 … on gently rising ground some 3 miles (5 km) north of the river Thames. 1 Its ancient parish included the medieval … boundaries reflected a planned partition, during the 10th or early 11th century, of part of the large royal manor of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES In the late Anglo-Saxon period all or part of Alvescot belonged probably to the large royal … and the Crown may briefly have granted the manor to Guy de Rochfort, apparently lord in 1251 and 1253. 13 The …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Acreage: 2,887. Population: 1911, 905; 1921, 1,034. The parish of Alveston lies to the east of Stratford, between the Avon and the Banbury road, … male head carved in Cotswold limestone and of 3rd- or 4th-century date. Some digging in a gravel pit on the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alvington ALVINGTON The small parish of Alvington 1 lies on the north-west side of the river Severn, 9.5 km. north-east … side of Ferneyley wood to its confluence with Woodwards (or Colliers) 7 brook. The north-east boundary then descended …