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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 52 WINTERBORNE CLENSTON (8302) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW) The parish of Winterborne Clenston, with an area of 1,300 acres entirely on Chalk, extends across the Winterborne valley at altitudes … with a rough timber surround. The main N. doors are hung on oak jambs and above is a rough oak lintel with a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 47 WINTERBORNE HERRINGSTON (O.S. 6 ins. SY 68 NE) The parish of Winterborne Herringston covers less than 600 … S. boundary of Dorchester across the South Winterborne and on to the N. slopes of the S. Dorset Ridgeway. It lies on … stuccoed jambs and heads. On the W. side the windows have hung sashes. Inside, the Hall, rising through two storeys, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE, ST 70 SE, ST 80 NW, ST 80 SW) The parish covers 1,974 acres and lies entirely upon Chalk … stone, with octagonal bowl, hollow-chamfered underneath, on octagonal stem; each side of bowl with quatrefoil panel … house, with a symmetrical S.E. front of three bays hung with 'mathematical' tiles, and gabled end walls of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the … Gorefield, Harp, Hart or Harpley Field, Long Meadow, Cat Field, Richmond Field, New Field, Shire or Shear Field, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were … here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the Market Place was pulled down in 1810; … registers record the burial of executed criminals. The gallows stood on the river bank a little below the Horseshoe …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE … standing half length holding up the hand in benediction, on a castle with water underneath. The common seal adopted on … is used on the seals of the mayor and town clerk. 44 B.M. Cat. Seals, i, 845. B.M. Cat. Seals, ii, 213; Lewis, Topog. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and … was added to it between 1882 and 1891. A further 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill … 81. Magd. Coll. Oxf. Mun., Bidlington and Bramber 2 (TS. cat.); Dallaway & Cartwright, op. cit. ii (2), 20. Bk. of …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … was resident at Witherslack Hall and paid tax that year on seven hearths. In 1684 a dispute between the Earl of Derby … of William, by force and arms came to Henry's wood in Hale Cat and cut down his trees and carried them away, and on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three … leading clothiers, woolmen, and fullers were sheep farmers on a significant scale: many held land in the townships, and … PRO, HO 107/1731 (Hailey census, s.v. Woodgreen); Sale Cat., Freehold and Copyhold Estate at Witney and Hailey, 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rendering 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys or Farm Mill near the 12th-century … s. 4 d. was for three mills, though whether they were each on separate sites is not clear. 5 By the 1230s there were six … mill dispute (1757); Godson, Witney Map (181416). Sale Cat. 24 June 1886, lot 18: copies in ORO, Dr. V/i/1; notes by …