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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Westoning - Westwoodside Westoning (St. Mary Magdalene) WESTONING ( St. Mary Magdalene), a … erected by subscription in 1840, a neat structure in the later English style. In Stoneraise, about a mile and a half … was granted by John, in the 16th of his reign, to the abbey of Holme-Cultram, is now a farmhouse. It was for some …
A History of the County of Somerset
… great road had been continued west to Bridgwater by the later 17th century, 18 although the Parrett continued to be … development, occupy the sites of farms and cottages which formerly lay south of the Bridgwater road. Several large … 2 MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES SOWY MANOR In 1066 Glastonbury abbey held an estate called Sowy 3 which it was claimed had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… extended west of the brook into Beredole or Bardole, both later inclosed. The southern field may likewise have extended … New close; leys and meadow by the river at that date were later arable. 99 The inhabitants were keeping sheep in the … rent of the mill was declining sharply, 45 and the mill later fell out of use. There was probably no mill c. 1810, 46 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Cottenham when they deserted his church. Crowland abbey's possession of the tithes as impropriator of Oakington … Westwick remained in the same hundred as Cottenham, and later in the Middle Ages and occasionally afterwards was … and included 20 or 21 families. 27 Depopulation in the later Middle Ages 28 and afterwards reduced the number of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… £5 a year between them. 53 Although the cost of relief later rose, it never again reached £1 a head of population … added to Chesterton poor-law union in 1840, 55 and later lay in Chesterton rural district (1894-1974) and South …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Together with 1/3; hide held by a sokeman of Ely abbey, it had passed by 1086 to Picot the sheriff as a 3hide manor, later LISLES. 48 Ely's interest in the sokeland was later … possession, 92 but by 1486 the house and 23 1/2 a. formerly belonging to him had been conveyed to the trustees …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish by Ranulph de Meschines, in 1088, as a cell to the abbey of St. Mary at York; at the Dissolution its revenue was … The church is a spacious and handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower. Richard … has been deepened. Part of the ground over which the sea formerly flowed has been embanked, and is now covered with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from a place called Wetherley, where the hundred moot may formerly have met. That place was probably on the summit of … under colour of the liberty of the see of Ely on which her abbey had once depended. The Hospitallers of Shingay and … Several settlements disappeared during the Middle Ages and later. Wratworth and perhaps 'Witewell' were abandoned or …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… monuments. Ecclesiastical a (1). Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene stands on the S. side of the village. The … has grouped diagonal shafts. InteriorThe original Hall was formerly of three bays and was divided into two storeys in … early in the 17th century and extended towards the W. later in the same century. In the 19th century a storey was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… S.W. (b)liii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary, about 1 miles N.E. of Slough, is built of flint, … recently restored. Secular a(2). Outbuilding, probably formerly a dwelling-house, at Wexham Court, is of two …