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A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … with most of the south of Wivenhoe being the lord's demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land … as late as 1431, probably on the site of Vine farm. Field names in 1838 indicate that hops were formerly grown …
A History of the County of Essex
… a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon … White, Rep. on the East Anglian Earthquake of 1884 (Essex Field Club Special Memoirs, i), p. 22: copy in E.R.O.; Essex …
A History of the County of Essex
… 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and larder were heard; … urban district council built 16 houses on the Rectory Field site, and demolished a few unfit houses in the roads …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wolferlow 94 WOLFERLOW (D.a.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, N.W.) Wolferlow is a parish on the N.E. border … (1). Parish Church of St. Andrew stands in the S.E. part of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone … have moulded bases and defaced capitals and abaci. In the S. wall are three modern windows; the S. doorway is modern …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… SP 96 SW) The parish, covering around 1145 hectares, lies S. of Wellingborough between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. … higher Boulder Clay, most of which have been discovered by field-walking. Prehistoric and Roman A polished stone axe has … of the internal walls still visible. Immediately to the S.E. a series of circular structures is also visible, while …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wellingborough; containing 1120 inhabitants. … of Messrs. Markindale, Aisley, and others. Contiguous to a field called Chapel Walls, are the remains of an extensive …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of … much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling the parish … (40 a. in 1545) in the north-east corner of Wolvercote field. The 9 ½ a. titheable to Water Eaton in 1765, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th … part of the east, small streams on part of the north, and field boundaries for the rest. The extra-parochial area of … and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then …
A History of the County of Oxford
… royal bailiff had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and … held courts until 1651 or later. 96 St. Frideswide's priory had view of frankpledge at Cutteslowe. 97 In the … an average of £74 between 1783 and 1785, and £299, c. 16 s. per head of population, in 1803. The highest expenditure …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … none in Priorslee. 10 Atcham furlong, presumably once open-field land, lay 500 metres south-east of Wombridge church in … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's …