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A History of the County of Essex
… in London have made their country homes in Chigwell, 25 and the indigenous population, when not engaged in … cordwainers, a butcher, a weaver, a mason, a carpenter, and a brickmaker are named in various records. 26 They are … (at Chigwell Row), a violin-bridge maker (at Chigwell), and a brewer. 27 A map of 1858 shows 'Hainault Brewery' in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… after 1237, that fee was assigned c. 1244 to Dervorguilla and her husband John de Balliol, 90 whose heirs retained it … or his son Robert, lord of Great Oakley (Northants.), and by 1167 by Robert's son William. Probably in the 1170s its possession was confirmed to William and his son Reynold by Saher de Quincy (d. 1190), whose wife …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which by 1341 had embraced lands which were in 1086, and remained, in Berkshire. 48 The Wiltshire part of the … 2,202 a. (891 ha.), contained Chilton Foliat village and East Soley and West Soley hamlets. The Berkshire part, … held for the honor of Wallingford at Ogbourne St. George: brewers who broke the assize were the offenders most …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Introduction TOPOGRAPHY CHILTON POLDEN The parish and former chapelry of Chilton Polden, like its neighbours Catcott and Edington, is a long, narrow, rectangular area which … century it was part of the ancient parish of Moorlinch, 6 and its name is thought to derive from its position on …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the canons of St. Paul's had 3 of their 5 hides in demesne and kept 2 ploughs and 2 serfs. There was meadow for 5 … large brick fields near Stamford brook, in Hammersmith. 11 Brewing, in 1979 perhaps still the best known local activity, … a wide area as one of London's two surviving independent brewers. 26 Some 300 people were employed by the company in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Mesolithic to Roman times have been found in the Thames, and a Roman presence is attested by coins, notably from an urn dug up at Turnham Green in 1731 and by brickwork beneath the manor house of Sutton. 67 The … however, are to Sutton, which became the chief manor and denoted the 'south farm' or tun, probably in relation to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Paul's claimed view of frankpledge, the assize of bread and of ale, infangthief, outfangthief, gallows, tumbril, pillory, and fugitives' chattels in Chiswick and Sutton, as on other Middlesex estates. St. Paul's was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… divided before 1181, although the two estates of 3 hides and 2 hides were still said to form one manor in 1222. 32 The … larger estate was called by 1181 the manor of SUTTON 34 and by c. 1537 SUTTON COURT. 35 In 1502 the bishop ordered that Sutton, with the rectory and advowson of Chiswick, was to be enjoyed by the dean of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Christ Church … Church Christ Church Arms (9) Christ Church, college and cathedral, stands on the E. side of St. Aldate's Street. The walls are of Oxfordshire stone and the roofs are covered with lead and slates. The history …
A History of the County of Oxford
… laid on 15 July 1525 by John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, and on the same day Wolsey issued his foundation charter. But … for the erection of the college were already far advanced and made clear the intention of the founder that his new creation should be on a magnificent and unprecedented scale. Wolsey's agents had long been busy …