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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… c. 1200 and the later turnpike made the Langtons more accessible. 3 The railway from Leicester to Market … Thorpe Langton and Tur Langton, which both lie more than a mile from the mother church, have had their own … and 1 virgate in free tenure. 74 The situation was made more complicated because the head of the Langton family, the …
Survey of London
… building of additional churches in populous parishes and more particularly in the Metropolis and its Vicinity. 80 Of … that the church was, in the words of the vestry, in the more immediate vicinity of the Metropolis, a more imposing design was selected than would otherwise have …
Survey of London
… are still in use. The flagons were sold in 1643, but three more were bought by the parish in 1664, and still form part … 6s. 8d. to the brotherhood of St. Christopher. 217 John More, Serjeant at arms, whose will was proved in 1473, left …
Survey of London
… by a roof of one span. The treatment of the galleries is more than usually satisfactory, for the fronts, instead of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… In 1796 the present Kettering Road was created, forming a more direct route. (163) House, No. 1, three storeys, coursed …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… drained land near Little Stretton, is somewhat later and more tenuous. 99 Mesolithic stone maceheads have been found … branch of the Port Way. 21 Evidence of Roman settlement is more elusive, 22 and native British settlement can only be … a livelier social life than (for instance) the rather more populous Much Wenlock. 24 After the railway's arrival in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… having become dilapidated and dangerous, was rebuilt on a more elevated site, commanding some extensive views: the … is said to have been a residence of the Saxon kings; it is more certain that here was a palace for the monarchs of the … are chiefly of stone, are well built, and many of the more respectable are detached; the place is lighted, the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Nicholas the chaplain, the vicar's portion included little more than the offerings in money at the altar; the remainder … and 15th-century vicars appear to have held the living for more than a few years; between 1391 and 1438 there were at … V.C.H. Glos. ii. 61), the latter period being perhaps the more likely as a Nicholas, Vicar of Churcham, was recorded in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… on Churcham manor. The largest, Hanlow field with 60 a. or more, lay in the north-east part of the manor near Highnam … others had land in only either one or two; only three had more than 10 a. of open-field land, most having the bulk of … main common meadows: Blakemoor, the largest with 25 a. or more, lay between Sainthill and Oakle Street, while Sow …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1803, while those of Highnam manor were inclosed by a more gradual process by the mid 19th century. Highnam manor … the parish boundary east of Lassington Wood and taking a more southerly course to join the Severn south of Over … built on the waste of Birdwood Common by 1721 60 and three more were added c. 1757. 61 Only one house of any antiquity …