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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… pier carries a lead plaque with the date 1808 and initials J.S.H. The Dower House is an 18th-century brick building, … 1485, when John, Lord Zouche, forfeited his lands after Bosworth. 20 In 1507 Sir Thomas Pulteney of Belgrave died …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 14 miles (W. S. W.) from Maidstone, and 30 (S. E.) from London; … of the incumbent was originally 14 per annum, with board, &c, at the castle; but Lord Pierrepoint, who built the present … a hamlet, in the parish of Peckleton, union of Market-Bosworth, hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Marsh Lane; by the London and North Western Company's line from the docks to Edgehill, with stations at Balliol … VII's reign, when it was forfeited after the battle of Bosworth and granted to the earl of Derby. 17 A successful … this supply; see Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 150. V.C.H. Lancs. i, 284 b. Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 1; he owed 30 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Flixton FLIXTON Flixton, c. l 200. The township of Flixton measures about 2 miles from … the former one at Urmston. The Cheshire Lines Committee's railway from Manchester to Liverpool crosses the township … a legend of a 'Sir Ralph Valentine' who in setting out for Bosworth field vowed that he would return alive or dead. He …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… assessed as two plough-lands, was a member of Earl Tostig's Preston lordship. 6 Some time after the Conquest the manor … owner, Mr. Oswald Henry Philip TurvillePetre, of Husbands Bosworth. 39 HIGHER BROCKHOLES, now a farm-house, stands on … in Brockholes which had belonged to Adam de Singleton; J. Harland's note. The preceding note shows that Nicholas was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the junction of Hall Lane with Coppice Lane and with Lion's Den. 21 The continuation of Hall Lane south-east to Watling … the two children of her first and second marriages, J. E. P. Norris and Caroline Brown. They sold it in 1924 to … in 1987 called Overton Manor House, later passed to the Bosworth family, from whom it was bought in 1973 by Mr. and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Simonswood. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Liverpool and Manchester railway crosses the township, with … Formby, 11 was forfeited to the crown after the battle of Bosworth, and like them was granted to the earl of Derby at … his son by his wife Ellen Fazakerley was Henry Tatlock, S.J.; Foley, Rec. S. J. vii, 764; Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 28991. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Huyton, Roby, and Tarbock, being considered as one knight's fee, and rated at 12 plough-lands in all. 5 Knowsley and … Sir William stood aloof from Richard III at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, and then opposed him, thereby giving the … also Civil War Tracts (Chet. Soc.), 3203; Foley, Rec. S. J. ii, 917; Dict. of Nat. Biog. Royalist Comp. P. ii, 125. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Manchester section of the Cheshire Lines Committee's railway, with a station at Padgate. Poulton village stands … father of Henry Bruche, who is thought to have fallen at Bosworth Field, 43 and of Hugh, his eldest son and successor, … Beamont's Warr. Ch. Notes, 225; Lond. Gaz. 16 June, 1843, &c., for endowments. Lancs. and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xix, 219. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a yard for boatbuilding, a brewery, a millwright's establishment, and a mill for crushing bones for manure. … in the king's books at 10. 15. 5., and in the gift of Sir C. F. Goring, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 400; … TWYCROSS ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Market-Bosworth, hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of …