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A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … (d. c. 1148) and between c. 1148 and 1155 by the latter's son Richard (d. 1176). 10 The manor was held by Tintern … Abbey Passage or Ferry farm on the east bank of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey, and Brockweir and Townsend …
A History of the County of Somerset
… partly obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or … east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater …
A History of the County of Sussex
… lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep bend of the River Rother, which with a tributary stream forms the western … the Confessor by Fulcui, was not included in Earl Roger's rape but was held in 1086 of the king in chief by Odo of … paid 30 marks to have the custody and marriage of Ralph's heir, then in ward to Bonenee daughter of Roger, 4 who had …
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 … is generally clay, alternated with red loam. The small river Devon, and the Nottingham and Grantham canal, pass …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the earlier church in …
The Environs of London
… from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the … Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … know not what became of it immediately after Lady Hastings's death. Philipott says, that the Boughtons sold it to the …
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 … 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 acres, chiefly arable …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its length by Hardingstone parish except at … a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and … 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
… uplands of central Oxfordshire, partly on the flat river gravels of the Thames valley, was not a distinct … to a royal estate, Woodstock manor, centred on the king's palace and park at Woodstock and encompassing several …