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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; … were elected; the court was usually held by the lord's steward, Charles Gray, or his deputy. By that period the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wix 99. WIX. (F.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxix. N.W. (b)xxix. N.E.) Wix is a parish 6 m. W.S.W. of Harwich. Wix Abbey is the principal monument. … Bardox Farm, house, m. E.S.E. of (4). b(7). White Hart Inn, m. S.E. of the church, is of L-shaped plan, with the …
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. The …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… ownself best." I saw an old carbine, in the house-keeper's room, very curiously wrought in figures, doubtless one of … de Novoloco, p. 246. Esc. 7 H. 4. n. 44. Glover, Ex Coll. S. Lo Kniveton. Fin. 7 H. 4, m. 6: Fin: 7 H: 5, m: 1- … possessed of Wollaton, and the greater part of Sir Francis's possessions Sir Percival left five sons, the eldest of …
A Dictionary of London
… of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). "Wolsieslane "lay between the tenement of Sir John de … part stopped up and built on by the Chamberlain of London (S. 42). First mention: "Wolsiesgate," 1300 (Lib. Horn. fol. … pottery beneath the foundations of the Old Crosskeys Inn in 1865. Roman bricks said to have been found in St. …
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 … and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then … Godstow House or the abbey which preceded it. The Red Lion inn in Lower Wolvercote has above its southern ground floor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by John of St. John. The site was enlarged in 1139 by John's grant of a further piece of land in front of the church (or … probably the site across Godstow bridge on which the abbey's grange was later built. 30 At the Dissolution the site was … and the stone used to extend the house, later the Trout inn, that lay to the south. 56 A high wind blew down some of …
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 … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … build another market in the town centre, opposite the Lion inn. 5 In 1869 the market hall was rebuilt, 6 probably by …
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 … regularly spent a week cock fighting at the Bull's Head inn at Rodington. 61 Cock fighting persisted locally until …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Wooburn 99. WOOBURN. (O.S. 6 in. xlvii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the … in need of general repair. (3). The Royal Oak Inn, S. of the church, is of two storeys, built probably in …