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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises about 1450 acres: the surface is hilly, and from the higher grounds are some of the finest views in … is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 12, and in the gift of Earl Delawarr: the tithes have been … over 22 or 23 acres: on the estate are also numerous plantations. The chapel, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a neat …
The Environs of London
… CRAY. Name. This place takes its name from the river Cray, and from Godwin Fot, its owner, in the reign of Edward the … bounded by Chislehurst, North Cray, Paul's Cray, Bexley, and Eltham, It contains between seven and eight hundred acres … He inclosed the park also, and embellished it with plantations. Mr. Cleve's only daughter married Sir George …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the 20th century gave its name first to an airfield and then to an open prison, lies on the west bank of the … The surname Smith, perhaps indicating the practice of the trade, was recorded in the late 13th century and early 14th. … 91 Mention of a dock in the 18th century 92 suggests river trade otherwise unrecorded at that date. Two boats were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 36 lying over four miles (7 km.) north of Newmarket and thirteen north-east of Cambridge, covered 4,204 a. until … oblong, but with substantial projections to north, west, and south. 38 The incurving boundaries to the east and south largely follow those of former open fields. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1086 blanch, besides a three-day food farm of wheat, malt, and honey. That farm had been converted to a cash payment of … ploughlands, six in demesne, were worked by six villani and 15 bordars, with four ploughteams; the demesne had only … the farmers, who as strong Protectionists blamed Free Trade, had cut their employees' wages to 7 s. a week, many …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish, Great Fordham manor was concentrated in the east and south-east, Archentines manor was in the north-west but included a meadow beside Fiddlers wood in Aldham, 24 and the Frith was in the north-east. Parts of other manors, … had become renowned. In 1978 there were small willow plantations approaching maturity on Fordham Hall farm. 93 By …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) FORDINGBRIDGE ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Fordingbridge, … 357 acres, of which 175 are pasture, 154 arable, 18 in hop plantations, and 10 woodland. The village is situated on the …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… Foreign bought and sold Foreign Bought And Sold. I. 14. Letter from the Lords of the Council to the … The Council had been creditably informed that the like trade had been carried on for the space of eighty years and …