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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted of eight oxen … time in 1660 the wood was committed to the care of the Commissioners of Dean Forest in order to check the felling of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed here relates to the … tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … The town is partially paved, under the superintendence of commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act … supplied many post-horses; but since the establishment of railways, this business has been nearly destroyed. Woore is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 6 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix … end of the village in 1928 8 and closed in 1964. 9 Two railways from Marlborough, one opened in 1864 and the other, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … and the produce applied to the funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are eight honorary canons. Arms of the … church was erected under the auspices of Her Majesty's Commissioners, the first stone being laid on April 15th, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable … from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, and the men … In 1086 there were 7 beehives. 45 In 1086 there was 20 a. of meadow. 46 Many holdings, recorded from the 13th century …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (N. … with gas, paved, and abundantly supplied with water by commissioners appointed for its improvement, who have erected …