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A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an average … manor is unknown, but it is then found in the hands of a family who took their name from the place. In 1192 Roger fitz …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (7706) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the Chalk, its S.E. boundary coinciding with the summit of … E. H. Bailey; (3) of John Feaver, 1788 and others of same family, oval inscription panel of white marble, with arms. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … in the reign of Elizabeth were possessed by the Jennison family. Woolsington Park is a handsome seat. Woolstanwood … previously to the time of Henry VIII., who constructed a royal dockyard here, which was enlarged by Queen Elizabeth, …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich … The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal estate, which is … of bridges, forti fications, &c. The academy for the education of young gentlemen 58 destined for the artillery or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … now producing about 90 per annum, for the maintenance, education, and apprenticing of twelve boys; in 1835 a … who, at the battle of Edge-Hill, bravely redeemed the royal standard, as is recorded on his monument in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at its W. end … of the foundation endowment of Lavendon Abbey (Bucks) in a royal confirmation of 1227 ( Mon Angl 6, 888) it appears that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ( d)XXXVII, N.W.) Wootton Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal … Parish Church (dedication unknown) stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of flint rubble with freestone … N. of (2), to Sarah Palmer, 1818, servant to the Drewe family for sixty-four years. In churchyardE. of chancel, (4) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of Wychwood. The landscape varies from the flat … granted to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, in whose family it remained. 17 The foot levies of Wootton hundred …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part Wootton Hundred (Southern Part) THE SOUTHERN part of Wootton hundred 1 covered 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided … those at Witney and Oxford. Many parishes lay within the royal forest of Wychwood and some, notably North Leigh, had … area here treated. 2 From the later 19th century the Mason family at Eynsham Hall built up a large estate in the west of …