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A History of the County of Somerset
… Richard Gould, paid land tax on the estate until 1790 or later. 28 The Revd. David Reynell, husband of another … as Cokerhurst farm. Cokerhurst Farm dates from the 15th or earlier 16th century and incorporates an open hall with … the Revd. James Stratton Coles (d. 1872), 60 and in or before 1878 to William Brice of Bridgwater. The Revd. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… was added early in the 14th century. Late in the 15th or early in the 16th century a S. porch was built, the … on each side is of two uncusped lights under a three or four-centred head and a blind spandrel; the internal and … and is of stone; in it is a rough doorway of late 15th or early 16th-century date, with jambs and three-centred arch …
A History of the County of Essex
… marsh near Southall bridge, was mentioned as a 'drove way' or 'defence way for cattle' in 1557. 23 In the 1950s it was … it ceased about the end of the 19th century. 32 A beacon or lighthouse was built a Coldharbour Point in 1895. 33 The … Abbey's manor was later known as WENNINGTON WESTMINSTER or WENNINGTON (HALL). In the 14th century it was held of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… with hedges and ditches, typically bore names in land or feld, and had detailed abutments, indicating a cleared and … comprised 50 a. land, presumably arable, 10 a. meadow, 40 or 80 a. pasture, 20 a. wood, and 100 a. brushwood in the … a fallow which could be replaced by clover, turnips, peas, or beans. 57 Yields of wheat and barley were below average …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Bergholt 14 com- prises a rectangular area (2,296 a. or 929 ha.) immediately north-west of Colchester. Its … the land falls to under 20 m. in the valley of the Pulton or Polton brook, a tributary of the Colne. Along the river … the south of the heath and the names Bard field, Barfold, or 'Barfel' used locally from the 16th to 19th centuries, may …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor was held of the honor of Lancaster until 1211 or later, but of the honor of Eye from 1233. 90 The … are sections of brick and timber-framed walls of the 17th or early 18th century. An abandoned medieval fish-stew lies … in West Bergholt, later called COOKS HALL, NETHERHALL, or BEAUMONDS, derived from the ½ hide and 26½ a. held by …
Old and New London
… of BromptonIts Nurseries and Flower-gardensCromwell or Hale HouseThistle GroveThe BoltonsWestminster and West … nurseries, its groves, and its pleasant detached mansions or cottages, standing apart in their own grounds, this … Elm" Hotel, covers the site of what was known a century or more ago as "Brompton Heath." Here lived Mr. John Burke, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… but he recognized Worcester's right in 1213-17. 13 In 1217 or 1218 Bishop Cornhill gave Worcester permission to … bishop repeated the licence, probably on Matthew's death or resignation. It was confirmed by the prior of Coventry … 24 Under the terms of an Act of 1819 he must be an Oxford or Cambridge graduate. 25 In 1526 it was stated that the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Lane, Bull Lane, Albion Road, and West Bromwich Street or along Swan Lane, Phoenix Street, Ryders Green Road, … Green and thence south-east to the Birmingham road more or less along the line of the present Beeches Road, a stretch … West Bromwich; it was presumably Spon Lane, Roebuck Lane, or Halford's Lane. 71 Spon Lane occurs by name in 1694. 72 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… date the demesne arable had been inclosed for 50 years or more and that others were following the lords' example and … from at least 1531, 56 and its northern end Windmill field or Little Church field by the 1780s. 57 Open-field husbandry … with 'hemplecks' (small pieces of ground for growing hemp or flax) are found in surveys of 1630 and 1695, 68 and flax …