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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. This place is … Wiveliscombe in the Cathedral of Wells, valued in the king's books at 27. 0. 10.; net income, 300. The church is a very … 1599 inhabitants. The village is situated on the Colne river, and much shipping belongs to the port: it has a …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … of the parish on the Elmstead border mile from the river. That mill was apparently replaced by a windmill by … 98 Robert Page built the Nonsuch in 1650 which sailed to Hudson's Bay (Canada) in 16689, a voyage which led to the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form an estuary, covered 1,549 … a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… SP 96 SW) The parish, covering around 1145 hectares, lies S. of Wellingborough between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. … OD, partly floored by clay but with extensive areas of river gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is … of the internal walls still visible. Immediately to the S.E. a series of circular structures is also visible, while …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with several granges stretching across the parish from the river Wye to the Severn. Towards the Wye the parish is … 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. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of … much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling the parish … in the parish had orchards. Some of the land near the river was planted with osiers and other bushes, and there may …
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 … twice, whereas the more easterly route avoided any major river crossing. 69 The road from Wolvercote to Wytham crossed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… royal bailiff had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and … held courts until 1651 or later. 96 St. Frideswide's priory had view of frankpledge at Cutteslowe. 97 In the … paid for the repair of bridges, a causeway, and the river banks, and, in the early 19th century, for the ditching …
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 … presumed site of the church. Finds of tiles in the modern river bank east of the site of the tower suggest that the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Helmsley; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises … WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of the … embraces sand, loam, and clay. On the southern bank of the river Went, are some quarries of fine limestone, whence a …