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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the name, in the Celtic language, signifies a village or small town on an arm of the sea, appears to have been … and the building of ships, of which there are always one or two on the stocks, occupying about fifty men. There are … which were acquired by the minister on the division of the common in 1765; but the soil is of very inferior quality. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… its southern part a narrow strip, once part of Wicken's common, along that river's western bank. 20 In the south-west … rotation until inclosure in 1840-1. The remaining once common fen pastures were gradually taken into several … divided in the 17th century. Wicken's relative poverty or isolation has led to its retaining several late medieval …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Remains (Fig. 125). The date of the enclosure of the common fields of Wicken is unknown but was between 1717 and … in NRO). Before enclosure there were at least ten named common fields, which probably related to the two separate … Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over large parts of the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 40 by the union of two previously separate parishes, Wick (or Wyke) Dive and Wick Hamon, which were already distinct … outer boundary of the modern parish, as well as the common first element of the two medieval parish names, 45 … by 1779 60 and was probably stopped up when the common fields of Wicken through which it ran were inclosed in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… No tithes were customarily taken directly of calves, milk, or sedge, nor from the Spinney sheepflock, nor from the … permitted it to serve Wicken church either by a monk or a suitable secular chaplain. 99 One such chaplain died in … that his parishioners should help him get more wages, or he would leave them to perish for want of teaching. 4 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… being granted for terms ranging from 37 years up to ten or twenty. 72 No customary holdings were as yet permanently … doles, totalling 52 a. in 1839, in those fens still then common. 95 Some early inclosures were probably made near … land close to his priory gates, 6 and also customarily common meadow at Upware. 7 He also impounded villagers' …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… bylaws to regulate farming by assent of the whole vill or homage, and appointed pairs of aletasters, and sometimes … 1720 and later the court barred from feeding cattle on the common droveways and green 'certificated men', presumably …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Miss Hatch was also allotted 149 a. for open-field and common land, probably once the Rayners' copyhold. 83 She died … of carved stonework from the priory, 14th-century or earlier, including sections of quatrefoil piers, capitals, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Gosport, and comprises 2433 acres, of which 187 are common or waste land. Courts leet and baron are held annually; and a … It comprises 4348 a. 2 r. 28 p., of which 130 acres are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… nave, chancel, and south aisle; the chancel has an oratory or chantry porch projecting from it on the south, lighted by … comprises about 12,800 acres, of which one-half is open common; the soil is light and sandy, and the parish is more … inhabitants. The parish comprises 564 acres, including 98 common or waste. The living is a discharged rectory, valued …