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A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of … Forest, part of which still survives in this area. A local board was formed for the parish in 1873. In 1934 the urban … Co., which was in turn transferred to the North Thames gas board in 1949. 119 In 1924 the County of London Electric …
A History of the County of Essex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits … Government Act (1858) was adopted in 1873 when a local board of 9 members was set up. From 1894 Woodford was …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope … openings, and by closing the west front with a chequer-board effect of window and wall. In 1911 a new parish was … the Union church opened a Sunday school in Churchfields Board school for children of the Woodford Hall estate. This …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… N.E.) Secular (1). Homestead Moat, near a stream N.W. of Akeman Street Station. (2). Collett Farm, W. of (1), about 3 miles W.S.W. of Quainton Church, is a house of two storeys and an attic, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.E.) Woodham Ferrers is a parish and village 6 m. S.W. of Maldon. The church, Bicknacre Priory and Edwin's Hall are … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of mixed rubble with dressings …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Woodham Walter is a parish and small village 2 m. W. of Maldon. The principal monuments are the Church and the Bell Inn. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Michael (Plate p. 271) stands at the S. end of the … jambs and two-centred arch, and above it is a wooden board let into the wall and inscribed 1563 J.P. In the S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the … and handsome. Glove-making is the principal branch of trade, and although fluctuating, is carried on to a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1086; 73 the farm had 200 a. in 1434, including 80 a. of pasture in Morley park. 74 The demesne farm of Wick manor in 1318 had c. 160 a. 75 Those three demesne … Morley Park farm had 166 a. in 1768. 77 The demesne lands of Wickensands manor totalled 284 a. in 1558-9, when they …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular parish of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes gently N. from about 200 ft. above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census … Margetts, also landlord of the Bear, but the coaching trade declined so sharply that by 1844 the Marlborough Arms …