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A History of the County of Essex
… increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe … refreshment which in- cluded rye bread, herrings, milk or cheese, and pottage. Customary payments of pannage for … demesne lands included 104 a. of arable, 24 a. of feeding or mowing marsh, 15 a. of meadow, and 12 a. of wood, while …
A History of the County of Essex
… the parish, which served Colchester from the 16th century or earlier until the 19th, developed into a small town. … on the west bank of the Colne, known as Old Heath common or meadow, was isolated when the river was improved, probably … there had been frequently reported as in need of repair or obstructed. 95 The lord of Wivenhoe manor held the rights …
A History of the County of Essex
… called Cockaynes, in Elmstead and Alresford, and Kelars or Rebandishide, in Elm stead, except in the reigns of Henry … was usually held by the lord's steward, Charles Gray, or his deputy. By that period the business was mainly … and Crown public house. 46 From 2 to 7 overseers and 2 or occasionally 3 surveyors were recorded from 1629, and 2 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish is divided into the North and South sides or divisions, embracing 10,380 acres, whereof 2036 are … stone; is elegantly fitted up, and contains a fine collection of paintings. On its south side is a bold terrace, … which is of considerable antiquity, was called Hanton or Hamton prior to the year 996, when Wulfruna, sister of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a chapel of St. Peter's, ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold … Oxford, and a team ministry composed of a rector and one or more vicars was established. The incumbent of St. … Peter's, 18 and were presumably being paid to the chaplain or curate of Wolvercote. In 1685 the curate received the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Eaton in 1588. 35 The treatment, from the 16th century or earlier, of the demesne land and site of Godstow abbey as … Tree Farm in the north-east. 59 The land rises from 60 m. or lower along the Thames to over 70 m. in the east, along … Stone Bridge. 76. The bridge was rebuilt in the 16th or 17th century, of five arches, a large one in the middle …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 500 metres south-east of Wombridge church in 1847. 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge … remained as farmland and was little affected by mining or industry until a few deep pits were sunk around Priorslee … the earlier iron mill. 19 By 1709 there were three mills or wheels at Wombridge, and they remained in use until at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were maintained by local incumbents' service as managers or correspondents. 25 Wrockwardine Wood Senior (Mixed) … system was introduced, 39 and 80 pupils attended morning or afternoon sessions in 1981. 40 Teague's Bridge County … 1864 (p. 2). Not mentioned in P.O. Dir. Salop. (1870) or E. Cassey & Co. Dir. Salop. (1871). P.R.O., ED 7/102, f. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… March, 1685-6, aged 20. [ 16] Woodcock, Lawrence (Wudcocke or Wodecocke) fellow New Coll. 1508-20, from St. … Thomas B.A. 31 May, 1568. Woodhall, John (Woodwall or Wodall) B.A. 27 June, 1523; fellow Oriel Coll. 1524, from … identical with the next man. See Foster's Yorkshire Collection. Wyvell, Christopher of Yorks, gent. Trinity …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… stream. Sales of wood appeared regularly as an important contribution to the value of the manor in the 15th and 16th … the early 17th century. 11 The park, known as Woodchester, or Spring, Park, 12 was situated in the west of the parish … higher slopes of the valley, and assorted houses of brick or stone have been built on either side of Selsley Road at …