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The Environs of London
… of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven … Bernard Whetstone, Esq. in 1640, sold it to William Acton 8; by whom it was conveyed, the same year, to Sir …
A History of the County of Essex
… the greater part of the parish, is first mentioned in the charter of doubtful authenticity by which Edward the … sold the manor in 1639 to his mortgagee, Sir William Acton, 33 having previously sold 'most of the copyholds and … leaving rents of only 140 out of an original 600. 34 Acton conveyed the manor in 1640 to Sir Thomas Rowe (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original … burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The … by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their market, probably also had their court or … may have been carried by aldermen. There are also short staffs carried by the four tithingmen. Administration of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, … area of heathland on Bagshot Beds. Recent boundary changes in the S.W. have resulted in considerable gains, including the hamlet of East Burton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One of the largest horse-fairs in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of … Benedictine nunnery dedicated to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of … descended to her only son, Sir Edward J. Smythe, Bart., of Acton-Burnell, Salop, the present proprietor. Over the front …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … is enumerated by Nennius under the name of Caer Guorangon in his catalogue of cities belonging to the Britons, by whom, … camp. Worleston WORLESTON, a township, in the parish of Acton, union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Jan. 1542, after the dissolution of its monastic body. As in each of the other cathedrals in this volume, the former head of the monastic establishment … II (1907) 48-9; V.C.H. Warwicks. II (1908) 50; V.C.H. Staffs. III (1970) 92; V.C.H. Salop II (1973) 1. L. & P. XVI …