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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 3474 acres, of which 100 are common or waste. A market, granted by Henry III., was formerly held … income, 73; patron, the Bishop of Salisbury; impropriator, H. Sturt, Esq. The church has a neat embattled tower crowned … in the county of Dorset.See Herringstone. Winterbourne-Houghton (St. Andrew) WINTERBOURNE-HOUGHTON ( St. Andrew), a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 18. 13. 4.; net income, 784; patron, the Rev. H. E. Fryer. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also … It comprises 3383 acres, of which 1800 are common or waste: the village is large, and the houses are well built … division of Lancashire; containing, with the township of Houghton with Middleton and Arbury, 896 inhabitants, of whom …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… district. The 2-mile road called Parson Drove or Parson Drove Gate, along which the nucleus of the village … Leverington: Rep. Com. Char. ( Cambs.), [103], 265, 269, H.C. (1837-8), xxiv. Lond. Gaz. 1874, 6277. Under the M. of … Ely Reg. Alcock, f. 13. Ibid., f. 31. J. Bacon, Liber Regis (1786), 241. B.M. Add. MS. 5808, f. 119 a. Gardner's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and South Brink (Wisbech St. Peter) and Murrow or North Brink (Wisbech St. Mary). The fact that the three … Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller, H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. In 1796 … rooms with mid-18th-century carving similar to that at Houghton Hall (Norf.). In 1943 the house, with 48 acres of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… cover remained in 1978 in the wide strips of wood, or 'rews', which divided the fields. The home park on the … of Buncton, contains at least two buildings of the 17th or 18th centuries, besides some 19th-century cottages and a … MS. 4953, ff. [365, 395]. Gardner, Suss. Map (1795). V.C.H. Suss. i. 445. Suss. Subsidies (S.R.S. x), 155. E …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and two Hemedeswordes (East and West Hemsworth), ( V.C.H., Dorset, iii, 68, 86, 101). Today, both Hemsworths are … silver cup and stand-paten with assay marks of 1610 (or 1630), cup with donor's inscription of Elizabeth Scobell, … corner of the building indicates a former turret, circular or polygonal on plan and probably containing the stairs to …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Henry de Midhop, was living in 1290. The Chartulary or Coucher Book of Furness Abbey records his arms as: Ermine, … Hugh Fraunceys. All to be summoned for Easter term; Cur. Regis R. 135, m. 24. 1251 John de Heselslak was attorney for … to wife Anne daughter of Edward Hastynges, knight, lord H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After the marriage, namely on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… antiquities being found occasionally. Wittenham, Long, or Earls (All Saints) WITTENHAM, LONG, or EARLS ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of … 257 inhabitants. The living is annexed to the rectory of Houghton. The river Ouse passes through the parish. Witton …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve bovats. 1 There afterwards Warner the man of … foundation of Lenton Priory; and Adam de Moretonio, 2 22 H. 2. gave account of xxx marks of the amercements of the … side: Hic jacet Henricus Willoughby, miles, pro corpore Regis & Baronettus (mistaken for Bannerettus) & quondam …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… to Jos. Shirke, 1 Feb. 1743/4; 9 th Rep. Com. Char. H.C. 258, p. 324 (1823), ix. Cartlidge, Usc-con, 66-7; S.P.R. … box XI, Wombridge; Return of Glebe Land, 1887, H.C. 307, p. 68 (1887), lxiv; Kelly's Dir. Salop. … 360, 419; S.P.L., MS. 372, vol. ii, p. 75; S.P.L., J. H. Smith colln., no. 220; P.O. Dir. Salop. (1856), 149; above …