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A History of the County of Oxford
… OUTLYING TOWNSHIPS CRAWLEY Introduction The rural township of Crawley, with its single riverside hamlet and, from the … wooded, and it remained within the purlieus of Wychwood Forest until the mid 19th century. 1 The township had its own … western part, much of it formerly wooded, lies chiefly on Forest Marble, and its eastern part, including Crawley …
A History of the County of Sussex
… turned its attention immediately to the provision of mains services outlined in the master plan. A new sewage … was proposed on Rolls farm, Horley (Surr.), north-east of the new town. 55 The corporation became the sewerage … as 3 million gallons a day, and proposed a reservoir at Forest Row near East Grinstead. 61 The new town was at first …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The master plan proposed the building on the Boulevard of a community centre and an arts centre to cater for … theatrical performances, art exhibitions, and meetings of local cultural societies. 80 They were never built, and by … was converted in 1958 into a social centre. 7 As the Forest recreation centre it was transferred to the borough …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Michael) CREACOMBE ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of South Molton, hundred of Witheridge, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 8 … Edward the Confessor, in 1049. A chapter, consisting of a dean and twelve prebendaries, continued to be maintained in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were 8 ploughlands and as many teams, a square league of pasture, and 8 a. of meadow. There were 6 hides in demesne with 2 ploughteams … horse. Twenty villani and 10 bordars worked the rest of the land with 6 ploughteams. 54 In 1303 Montacute priory's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Until 1526 or later Creech was a free manor, independent of any other hundred 51 and it was recorded as a hundred of itself in the 12th century. 52 By 1538 it was in … perhaps those which Glastonbury abbey had claimed as part of West Monkton manor in Whitley hundred. 56 A court for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Crewe - Croft Crewe CREWE, a township, in the parish of Farndon, union of Great Boughton, Higher division of the … is a perpetual curacy; net income, 158; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester; impropriator, J. Hussey, Esq. … a hundred acres of land granted by Charles I., out of the forest of Braydon, and now producing about 125 per annum, of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… MAP 5. Cricklade: the town in 1830, showing the location of significant buildings mentioned in the text, and the line … the Thames, c. 902, and pillaged in and around Braydon forest, although it is not said to have attacked Cricklade. 9 … was appropriated he served alone and was presented by the dean and chapter of Salisbury. 14 In 1324 the vicar exchanged …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… is a small town on the upper Thames, 10 km. north-west of the centre of Swindon and 11 km. south-east of Cirencester … the surrounding land and included a large part of Braydon forest and the villages of Chelworth, Calcutt and Widhill; St … probably used to distribute coal mined in the Forest of Dean and Staffordshire. 6 The canal was abandoned in 1927. 7 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
… further beyond at Widhill. Following the disafforestation of Braydon forest c. 1630, scattered farmsteads were built in the … left as heirs his sisters Margery, who married Oliver of Dean, Joan, who married John of Wraxall, and Denise, who …