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A History of the County of Somerset
… falls from 338 m. on Heydon Hill in the north-west to c. 120 m. in the extreme south-east, on slates, siltstones, … 34 was followed by his son John (d. 1584) 35 and by John's son Richard (d. 1615). Richard was succeeded by his … Below, Raddington, introduction. Devon R.O. 74b/MT 1822. P.R.O., HO 107/1921. S.R.O., DD/WY 5/F1/1. S.R.S. iii. 1689. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… itself, later called Tripp Bottom, was called Tonecumbe c. 1300. 9 There are two round barrows in the north end of … in the creation of the reservoir. Furlongs on Forde Abbey's grange at Sedgeborough c. 1300 23 and the 14th-century … 1851 226 and was succeeded in 1863 by his brotherin-law J. P. Nation, 227 schoolmaster and village shopkeeper for 35 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1 Originally the name, meaning stream of Cola's people, may have applied to the whole of the upper part of … 19th century. At that end of the village, until filled in c. 1960, there was a large pond called Great Mere formed by a … 47 were sold respectively to A. J. Bridgman and J. P. Wiltshire. Both farms were bought by the War Department in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… DUNDON The ancient parish lies at the eastern end of King's Sedgemoor between Street and Somerton and includes the two … On Dundon hill is a Bronze-Age bowl barrow, excavated c. 1831, 14 used as the site of a beacon in the 17th century … after her death to their daughter Elizabeth (d. c. 1395 s.p.), wife of Urry Seymour. 78 In 1396 George Meriet, half …
A History of the County of Somerset
… stood on the sloping western bank of the Purtington brook c. 200 yards below the present Cricket House. It was never … who held two fees in the county in 1166. 34 William's son Sir Ralph (fl. 11981232) 35 left issue Sir Thomas of … of her son, Mr. A. A. Hall, sold the property to Maj. E. P. G. Miller Mundy in 1965, from whom it was purchased by the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 11 The settlement pattern of scattered farmsteads, known c. 1600 as villages, 12 may be traced from the later 13th … in 1802 and 403 a. in 1905. 22 A chase between the lord's court and 'Cricktenes Hull' was mentioned in 1295. 23 A … 1971. This article was completed in 1977. S.R.S. xi, p. 307; S.R.O., DD/TB 12/1. O.S. Map 1/25,000, ST 13 (1962 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… retains much of its original character. 8 Westbury Farm, c. 300 yds. to the south-west, is probably an earlier site of … had given Croxton as a marriage portion to Cecily, Walter's wife. 31 Isabel, their daughter, had by the 1190s married … parish. 282 A charity school, in association with the S.P.C.K., was in existence by 1705, when the Revd. John Leeds …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the Speke family in the later 18th century. 12 Perry's cider mill has a smokeblackened cruck roof, but possesses … no features suggesting residential use. Parke House occurs c. 1811 and Wake Hill was built by Hugh Speke before 1831. 13 … was not included in the sale, 52 and passed to Mr. P. G. H. Speke of Ashill, great-nephew and heir of W. H. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Stowey to Watchet: to the south lay 472 a. of the lord's common; to the north were 692 a. of the tenants. 7 Between … 8 A limekiln was built near the coast in the north-east c. 1797, 9 and another there and one a little further west by … and almswomen were buried in the parish. 222 S.R.S. xli, p. 15; Feud. Aids, iv. 275. This article was completed in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… parish contains 716 ha. (1,768 a.). 3 The parish measures c. 5.5 km. from east to west, and lies in two irregular but … the estate owed a rent to Dunster, the caput of William's honor, in 1777. 25 Dunne possessed Elworthy T.R.E. and … crest of the Lacey family. There is a cup of 1573 by 'I.P.' 130 Among the four bells one is medieval, from the Exeter …