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A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Manors MANORS. The manor of WOODFORD HALL, which comprised the greater part of the parish, is first mentioned in the charter of doubtful …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Woodham Walter is a parish and small village 2 m. W. of Maldon. The principal monuments are the Church and the Bell Inn. … southern wing. Within the area of the house is a roofless cellar, probably of the 17th century, with three recesses in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Fig. 212 Woodnewton Village Map Woodnewton is a parish of 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of … Woodnewton (12) (15) The White Swan Inn, two storeys and cellar, neatly coursed rubble walls with freestone dressings, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … rear wing on Hensington Road is of c. 1720, and the cellar is lit by a 17th century stone-mullioned window. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a … projecting blocks, but in most instances were probably cellar steps. Rents for signs were for freestanding posts in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … be arrested as a villein. They were to choose a mayor and sergeant-at-mace, and the corporation, under the title of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … of the parliament, under which Sir Robert Harlow and Sergeant Wilde were sent down, to secure the city and try the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of bloodshed, the hue and cry, and a gallows. 25 Two courts a year were … 3 spinning wheels and 1 long wheel, pantry, brewhouse, and cellar. 43 Expenditure on poor relief was highest in 1816- 17 …