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A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads … it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present area of the city is 1,906 … of the royal castle, the importance of the mint and money exchange and other signs of prosperity, suggests that the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Winchester cathedral was reorganized after the dissolution of the monastic chapter of St. Swithun. In royal letters patent of 28 March 1541, 1 the former prior of the monastery, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … and confirmed the right of having moneyers and an exchange in the city, 74 together with all rights pertaining …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … reign King William regained Windsor, giving Westminster in exchange certain lands in Battersea. 4 The work at the castle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 3 ploughteams but 4 1/2 teams were actually being worked, of which 2 were on the demesne and 1 1/2 was worked by 10 … installed from Repton (Derb.) by William I. There was 8 a. of meadow and an unspecified area of underwood. Together with a mill, the total value of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… or 1102 Henry I confirmed an earlier grant by Hugh de Lacy of the demesne tithes of Winstone to Gloucester Abbey. 34 The living was first … in 1949 when Winstone was joined to the united benefice of Elkstone and Syde. 37 The first recorded presentation to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… ECONOMIC HISTORY. There were three ploughs on the demesne of Winstone in 1086 and eight servi were employed. 81 The … a. claimed as tithe-free in 1807, 82 presumably by virtue of a grant of the demesne tithes made to Gloucester Abbey … to have been held in ridges of under 1 a., 95 but the exchange of ridges allowed for the consolidation of holdings …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ins. SY 89 NE, SY 89 NW, ST 80 SE) This parish has an area of 2,559 acres and lies on both sides of the Winterborne stream, at altitudes between 160 ft. and … Winterborne Muston, but they certainly existed; the final exchange of intermingled lands was effected in 1774 (Map of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased … after the drainage a wholesale reallotment of lands by exchange in order to bring dispersed holdings together into …