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A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … on the east by a stream dividing Hadley wood from the king's wood (Wrockwardine wood), on the west by Springwell brook, … expansion by c. 1181 may have been indicated by Henry II's confirmation to the priory of 80 a. of assarts beyond the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … races and athletic competitions were held south of Pain's Lane in the mid to late 19th century during the wakes, 58 … and thereafter at the other end of Oakengates in Owen's field. There were four fairs in 1850, and an annual funfair …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodall, William 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, … New England, 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, … rector of Stanton Fitzwarren, Wilts, 1625; see Foster's Index Eccl.; for an account of his son John, see Calamy, i. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… impaling Montague. [Throsby] Woodborough. Lordship is open field, chiefly in the possession of Mrs. Bainbrigge, and a … in the gift of Southwel minster. Incumbent, , Vicar. King's book 4l. 11s. 5d. Clear yearly value 13l. 0s. 0d. Syn. and … 16 R: 2: Ex eviden: ejusdem: C: L: Test: de Nev: Fin: a S: Hill: in 15: dies, 2 H: 4: Regist:de Thurg: p: 41 Mon: …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… with the supposed kiln at Little Britain, noted on p. 81, S.V. Minchinhampton. (1) Roman Villa (SO 83970311), under and adjacent to a former church, now in ruins (map, p. 81, s.v. Minchinhampton), was excavated by Samuel Lysons in 17936 … to the public. Traces of platforms in the rough pasture field S. of the churchyard, known as The Parks, indicate the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is … to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in … his moiety of the impropriate tithes, the glebe, and open-field land, and his descendant pays half the expense of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small … during the 16th century. 10 The tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working … brondes' was recorded. 13 There were fifteen areas of open-field land recorded in 1588, most of which included haystall …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route … greatly enlarged by an inclosure which absorbed the open-field and common land of the parish in the early 17th … converted to make cottages, one of which included a potter's workshop. South of Frogmarsh, on the lane called Convent …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manor passed to his son, also John, 52 who held a knight's fee at Woodchester in 1285. 53 John died in 1297 and was … forfeited temporarily in 1322 as a result of his son John's rebellion. 55 In 1338 the elder John settled the manor in … the house and part of the park were used as a biological field-study centre in 1972. 95 An estate at Woodchester, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … in 1990 there was no village hall and no separate playing field. In 1961 an outsider thought that 'In neither community …