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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells … Sir Richard his son, who married the sister of Sir John de Grey, but died, without issue, as did also Roger another son, … Sir John Willughby, who married Anne, daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle, but died without issue, and Sir Edward, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … coppice (82 a.) in Priorslee. 9 By 1847 only 6 a. of wood remained in Wombridge and none in Priorslee. 10 … 1952, 80 and c. 1960 H. L. Cornaby Ltd. of Oakengates made grey iron and nickel alloy castings for all trades. 81 Both …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to … OED earliest date of use: 1483 Found described as BLUE - GREY, BROAD, BROWN, COARSE, DRAB, FRENCH, GREEN, NARROW, NEW, RED - GREY, SHORT, WHITE, YARD WIDE Found used to make COAT In the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., 1684, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth estate included much of the parish. Ditton Camoys and Ditton Valence manors … wife Anne (d. 1681). 45 Their son Charles, Lord North and Grey (d. 1691), 46 fell into financial straits so desperate … and in 1706 it belonged to William North, Lord North and Grey. 94 No later reference to the manor has been found, but …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the … Heale, was born in Woodford, 24 and Maj.-Gen. Sir George Grey Aston (18611938), soldier and writer, lived at the Court …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of … in the parish of Suttonupon-Derwent, union of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.W.) Woodham Mortimer is a small parish 2 m. S.W. of Maldon. The Hall is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Margaret stands towards the N.E. side of the parish. The walls are mainly of septaria with some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.W.) Woodham Walter is a parish and small village 2 m. W. of Maldon. The principal monuments are the Church and the Bell Inn. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Michael (Plate p. 271) stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of red brick with limestone …