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Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… with RAF Brize Norton, developed into one of Oxfordshire's two main military air stations. The extended airfield now … Salome village similarly remained part of Benson. 7 Benson's boundaries elsewhere were more clearly defined. On much of … associated with Benson, containing much of the manor's medieval demesne. 10 The main southern boundary was …
A History of the County of Essex
… wood from Birch and Easthorpe manors was sold for £4 8 s. 69 In 1605 Little Birch manor included 100 a. of woods and … manor, assessed as 1½ hides and 18 a., was worth 50 s. in 1066, and 40 s. in 1086. 75 In 1327, when Birch was assessed with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Bishop's Stortford 21. BISHOP'S STORTFORD (O.S. 6 in. (a) xxiii. N.W. (b) xxiii. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Michael, on …
A Dictionary of London
… "Blackehall," but no man at this day can tell thereof (S. 300). Blakehors on the Hope See Black Horse Alley, Fleet … of Johanna Edecrone called "Blakelofte" in parish of S. Benedict Fynk (Ct. H.W. II. 320, 1395-6). See Blackleste. … various owners (Cal. P.R. 9 Rich. II. 1385-9, p. 57) and (S. 151). In 1636-7 the messuage called Blanch Appleton was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim Park to 1705 Park to 1705 A park around the king's houses may have been defined before 1086 when woodland … nearby royal manor of Wootton was said to be in the king's enclosure ( in defensione regis). 30 Chroniclers asserted … in the Exchequer. 34 In the 1240s they were allowed £6 13 s. 4 d. for keeping the park. 35 By the later 13th century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of CoombsDitch, Wareham division of Dorset, 8 miles (S.) from Blandford; containing 306 inhabitants. It comprises … with sand. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 15. 7. 1., and in the gift of the family of … rectory, with that of Flixton united, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and in the gift of the family of …
A Dictionary of London
… (The) On the east side of Fish Street Hill, adjoining King's Head Court. It was so called before the Fire and had been … Blue Boar Court South out of Chick Lane and west to Hide's Rents, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, … 1755). In O. and M. there is no passage into Hide's Rents. There were steps leading up into the Court. The site …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… first half of the 19th century. The symmetrical three-bay S. front was built after 1857 in replacement of the original … lease in 1724 and a terrier of 1740 mentions 'Mr. Cooper's new-built house'. 1 The present front is of the late 19th … Row, is of three storeys and has an early 19th-century S. front of brickwork with stone quoins and a moulded stone …
A Dictionary of London
… Boar's Head (The) - Bolt and Tunne (The), Friday Street Boar's Head (The) On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the … immediately opposite to the site identified with the Boar's Head Tavern alluded to by Shakespeare in his play of King …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… display. Richard Bradley included a recipe 'To dress a Hog's Head, in imitation of the Jole of a wild Boar' in his … stuffed PILLOW or CUSHION used to support the sleeper's head on a BED. The name is now restricted to the under … (1786)]. A bolstering iron does not feature in Salaman's 'Dictionary of Leather Working Tools', at least under this …