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The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … rebuilt between the years 1733 and 1740, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, by which it was included among the fifty …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … The rent of three acres, awarded under an inclosure act, and now let for about 6 per annum, is appropriated to … commuted for land in 1769, and others under the recent act for a rent-charge of 259. 10. 6.; there are 56 acres of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at its W. end … Remains. The common fields of Wootton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal … Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of flint rubble with freestone … flagon (Plate 31) of 1706 given by Mrs. B. Rose Drewe in 1825, alms-dish of 1668 and a stand-paten of 1715. Pulpit: …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the … Below, Wootton, manors. Ibid. Duke of Marlborough Estate Act, 3 & 4 Anne, c. 6. e.g. Bk. of Fees, i. 589. Rot. Hund. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains … on whose execution and attainder in 1552 it passed by Act to his son Sir Edward (cr. earl of Hertford 1559, d. … 1818, 498-9. Poor Rate Returns, 1816-21, 188; 1822-4, 228; 1825-9, 219; 1830-4, 212. Poor Law Com. 2 nd Rep. App. D, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … the castle, and advancing upon them suddenly, while in the act of ravaging the bishop's lands at Wick, captured or … Walsgrove, to the poor of that parish, were rebuilt in 1825. There are numerous other charitable bequests and …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Worcester cathedral chapter was established by charter of Henry VIII on 24 Jan. 1542, after the dissolution of its monastic body. As in each of the other cathedrals in … in 1660. In 1690, the single non-Juror was the dean. The act of 3 & 4 Vic. c. 113 reduced the number of prebends from …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
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