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A History of the County of Essex
… £50 to invest in land for the benefit of poor sailors or their widows. 16 In 1752 c. 3 a. of land at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 10 s. was used to … century an average of eight people a year received clothes or material. As the rent of the field rose towards the middle …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1564, 1589, 1607, and 1637 when turns had been granted or sold, 3 and in 1890 when Robert Cantrell presented as … side of the Colne was transferred to St. Barnabas's, Old Heath. 5 The value of the rectory was estimated at 4 marks in … In 1581 and 1584 he accused Edmund Mansell, of Fingringhoe or Feering, of practising witchcraft on him, though Mansell …
A History of the County of Essex
… increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe … Donyland (Col- chester). 27 The lord's common at Wivenhoe heath was overloaded with 100 sheep in 1407. 28 In 14256 … refreshment which in- cluded rye bread, herrings, milk or cheese, and pottage. Customary payments of pannage for …
A History of the County of Essex
… schools were built, respectively, in 1966 and 1971 off Heath Road in the north-west of the parish, 8 the children …
A History of the County of Essex
… the parish, which served Colchester from the 16th century or earlier until the 19th, developed into a small town. … marshland on the west bank of the Colne, known as Old Heath common or meadow, was isolated when the river was improved, probably …
A History of the County of Essex
… called Cockaynes, in Elmstead and Alresford, and Kelars or Rebandishide, in Elm stead, except in the reigns of Henry … parish. 43 In 1624 two con- stables, 2 alefounders, and 2 heath drivers were appointed. 44 Between 1743 and 1786 the … was usually held by the lord's steward, Charles Gray, or his deputy. By that period the business was mainly …
A History of the County of Essex
… 94 About 1180 Richard Battle held land on Wivenhoe heath, 95 and in 1207 William Battle held land in Wivenhoe … Battle gave the Knights Hospitallers land on Wivenhoe heath. 17 That was probably the lands, formerly Noers, on … 413. Cart. St. John of Jerusalem, p. 35. Pleas before King or his Justices, iv (Selden Soc. lxxxiv), P. 33. Cal. Chart. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish is divided into the North and South sides or divisions, embracing 10,380 acres, whereof 2036 are … which is of considerable antiquity, was called Hanton or Hamton prior to the year 996, when Wulfruna, sister of … are arable, 998 pasture and meadow, 368 salt-marsh, 697 heath and warren, and 162 woodland. The strata afford good …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… named Shuttleworth, now occupied as a farmhouse. Wonastow, or Weonastow (St. Wonnow) WONASTOW, or Weonastow ( St. Wonnow), a parish, in the hundred of … marsh, turf-grounds, &c., 115 wood and plantations, 72 heath, and 151 water, the last comprehending several lakes. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in south-eastern Cambridgeshire which took in low-lying heath to the north-west, well drained arable in the centre, … named from the Wigmore family of Kirtling, and Church Hall or Hall wood. In the mid 14th century 75 a. was coppiced on a … and ashes on each acre. 46 North of Hall wood, Nunns wood or grove, once belonging to the nuns of Swaffham Bulbeck, …