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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of 5,015 acres lying across the S. edge of the S. Dorset Heath 7 miles W.S.W. of Wareham. The whole of the S. two-thirds of the parish is on Chalk and slopes gently N. from about 500 ft. to 150 ft. above O.D. … N. Beyond the Chalk are narrow outcrops of Reading Beds and London Clay which in turn give way to extensive heathland …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … The parish comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are … land: the main road from Ripley to Cobham crosses Wisley heath. The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a … in 1845 the rector was awarded 118 a. on Curbridge heath, including some 40 a. of old inclosed glebe there. 30 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … which 717 acres are arable, 211 pasture, and 89 wood and heath. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Feedham, by will proved 1718, bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of … or their widows. 16 In 1752 c. 3 a. of land at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 10 s. was used to buy material for …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when … lords presenting regularly, except in 1564, 1589, 1607, and 1637 when turns had been granted or sold, 3 and in 1890 … side of the Colne was transferred to St. Barnabas's, Old Heath. 5 The value of the rectory was estimated at 4 marks in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … Donyland (Col- chester). 27 The lord's common at Wivenhoe heath was overloaded with 100 sheep in 1407. 28 In 14256 …
A History of the County of Essex
… recorded. 94 A charity school, started in 1718 for 10 boys and 5 girls, still existed in 1724. 95 Two schoolmasters were … boys. 96 A small pri- vate day school was recorded in 1833 and there were nine in 1839, attended by c. 200 children; … schools were built, respectively, in 1966 and 1971 off Heath Road in the north-west of the parish, 8 the children …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the … marshland on the west bank of the Colne, known as Old Heath common or meadow, was isolated when the river was …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and … parish. 43 In 1624 two con- stables, 2 alefounders, and 2 heath drivers were appointed. 44 Between 1743 and 1786 the …