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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted … of Bindon, Wareham division of Dorset, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Wareham; containing 505 inhabitants. It comprises … picturesque, including the hanging woods in Wool-Laviugton Park, and most extensive views over the Weald; the cultivated …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … to a number of tenants. Aluredston was worth only £3 10 s., but receipts of £25 12 s. 8 d. from fixed rents and … waste, including the erection of cottages, were made at Park Hill, Woolaston Wood, and Brockweir in the late 17th and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… occurs the place-name Mereway Grove, to Wyvern Pond. A park belonging to the lordship of Woolaston but in the fee of … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1893 and a Sunday schoolroom added in 1967. 94 At Park Hill a chapel was built by the Particular Baptists in … cement-rendered, with a small bellcot. 97 The minister's residence is attached. There is a burial ground, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Woolhope 95 WOOLHOPE (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXV, S.W., (b)XL, N.E., (c)XL, S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) … building with an old wing at the S. end. b(12). Park Farm, house and outbuildings, nearly 1 m. N.N.E. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woolland 58 WOOLLAND (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 the escarpment at … in 1811 (O.S. 1811), and which were removed when Woolland Park was enlarged in the middle of the 19th century (Hutchins …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … were possessed by the Jennison family. Woolsington Park is a handsome seat. Woolstanwood WOOLSTANWOOD, a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … a precipitous rock on which its foundations are laid: the park grounds are uncommonly beautiful. Wootton Hall, the seat …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (62 a.) and the extra parochial district of Blenheim Park (2,269 a.) belonged historically to the hundred but were … the 1270s the principal franchises included Queen Eleanor's Hanborough manor, which was free from all outside interference, and Edmund, earl of Cornwall's numerous manors in the hundred, for which he held pleas, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extraparochial places, notably Woodstock, later Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. … to a royal estate, Woodstock manor, centred on the king's palace and park at Woodstock and encompassing several 'demesne towns', …