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A History of the County of Essex
… Rivers Hall demesnes later lay. 97 Boxted Hall's woodland for 300 swine in 1086 was probably further south next to … in Chancery against their lord over rights to take wood for fuel and other purposes. 29 Timber was sold on Boxted … and malt or bran were apparently carried along the Stour Navigation from Boxted to Manning- tree. 31 A four course …
A History of the County of Essex
… was rebuilt at Boxted mill in 1788 by the River Stour Navigation Co. Ltd. 66 From 1895 responsibility for the bridge was taken over by Essex County Council and … Corner. Sixty-seven semi-detached houses were built for the c. 400-a. Salvation Army colony on Straight Road and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whom Henry de Bradborne was executed at Pomfret, in 1322, for his adhesion to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. In Elizabeth's … and the soil heavy. The Bradford coal-mines produce good engine-coal. There is a cotton-mill; and some bleach-works … cotton manufacture there are two mills, worked by a steam-engine of 14horse power, and 3 water-wheels of 22-horse …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Richard I., when made captive in Germany, a charter for a market and fair was granted to this place on his return … of Scarborough; the incumbent's tithes have been commuted for 351, and those of the earl for 368. The church is an ancient edifice, with a square …
A History of the County of Sussex
… (717 ha.). 61 The two parishes had, however, been united for ecclesiastical purposes since 1526. The present article deals only with the ancient parish, except for the sections concerning church history after 1526 and … f. 5; cf. Cal. Pat. 1338-40, 182; 1358-61, 69. River Adur Navigation Act, 47 Geo. III, Sess. 2, c. 117 (Local and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Local sandstone also served as a building material, both for walling and for roofing. The sandstone ridges in the south were settled … in the southern part of the rape as outlying holdings used for seasonal swine pasture. Some manors had a series of such …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it has since continued in that noble family. A great fair for horned-cattle, horses, and sheep, is held on June 22nd. … gift of the Earl of Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for 345, and there are 16 acres of glebe. The church, which … demolished. There is a small dissenting place of worship for all denominations; a boys' school is supported by John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the appropriators: the great tithes have been commuted for 268; and those of the incumbent for 225, with a glebe of 3 acres. The founder of Wadham … in 1801, in lieu of tithes. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Branstone BRANSTONE, a township, in the parish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of fertile land. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 13. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Brawith, with Knayton.See Knayton. BRAWITH, … the road from Spilsby to Burgh and Skegness: by a drainage navigation which approaches within three miles, corn may be …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… I., Sir Thomas Maule, lord of Brechin Castle, defended it, for some time, against the assaults of the English whom that … to reduce it, till, being killed by a stone slung from an engine by the besiegers, the garrison capitulated, and … with about nine or ten fathoms of water, and of difficult navigation in stormy weather; and Stream and Burra Sounds, …