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Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 - c.1214
… when the Empress granted Geoffrey control of the Tower. Saffron Walden was granted to him about the same time ( …
Old and New London
… lbs. 10 oz. of sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and mace, saffron, rice flour, "raisins, currants," dates, white salt, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… c. 5-50 a. (3-20 ha.), and seven of 1-5 a. (0.4-2 ha.) 74 Saffron was grown on Rectory manor in 1647, and in 1700 the … Cherry Hinton, had a reputation for the quality of its saffron. 75 In the mid 18th century saffron was extensively grown in the parish, with 3-a. plots …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. division of Essex, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Saffron-Walden; containing 917 inhabitants. It is by most … of which, at the Dissolution, was 9. 9. 7. John Hart, of Saffron-Walden, in 1592 founded what he intended to be a … CHESTERFORD, LITTLE ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… closes let by Barnwell priory had been newly planted with saffron. 53 In the late 16th century gleaning was forbidden …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… owners, especially in the east, preferred to keep cattle. Saffron was grown in the area from the late 15th century to …
A History of the County of Essex
… more accommodation than Billericay, Dunmow, Kelvedon, and Saffron Walden, and for horses there was more stabling than …
A History of the County of Essex
… Brentwood. 41 In 1888 the Ongar priest served centres at Saffron Walden, Epping, and Dunmow. Ongar itself had a weekly …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Such was the view of G. K. Chesterton, who portrayed it as Saffron Hill in The Man Who Was Thursday and claimed that it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… CHRISHALL ( Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, …