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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the Middle Ages the manors in Woodditton were Ditton Camoys, Ditton Valence, Saxton, the rectory, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were members of churches elsewhere: probably Burwell-Soham in 1676, 69 and Isleham in 1781. 70 The Primitive Methodists were the first organized … Baptist chapel opened on the south side of Little Ditton in 1870 and attracted a congregation of 40 in 1873, …
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 … the forest of Waltham (commonly called Epping Forest) is in this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. …
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 … widow, let it to Thomas Prior, maltster, and the Priors seem to have acquired the freehold. 74 The family, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a … at Fletcher's House and Henry Taylor and later the Priors at Chaucer's House were prominent maltsters. 18 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Introduction Introduction In 1279 local jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded … a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's … to London, were operating a twice-weekly service, and the Priors a weekly wagon to Birmingham. At that time no stage …
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 portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The town was taxed as a borough in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were … freed Woodstock from the burden of representation 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. 6 In 1842 the parish measured 1,735 a. which included the …
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 …