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A History of the County of Essex
… From this the parish slopes gently eastwards down to the river Roding. The soil is mainly London clay, with patches of … portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … manor then stretched westwards from Angrices burne (the river Roding) to ealdermannes hcce and cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Horncastle; containing, in 1841, 307 inhabitants. … This parish, along the western extremity of which the river Witham takes its course, comprises 1880 acres. Here is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodlands 25 WOODLANDS (0509) (O.S. 6 ins., SU 00 NE, SU 00 NW, SU 01 SW) Woodlands covers … above O.D. the land rises gently, on Chalk, to a low N.-S. ridge capped by Reading Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. … low banks and scarps, lie between the R. Allen and a steep river-cliff. Several possible building sites occur, most of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Farm. 56 Two streams which drain north and west to the river Adur meet in the north-western corner. The sandstone … of the parish; remains of the agger were found near Terry's Cross in the south-west corner. 10 The chief east-west road … east led from Blackstone by way of Cuckolds Green to Terry's Cross, mentioned in 1647. 16 In 1628 it was called the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … Woodmancott WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, Eastern … whiting is made, and which is also burnt for lime. The river Hull passes near the township, and has a commodious …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in the 19th century to a … century. At the E. end of the village the road crossed the river by a ford until 1735 when the Earl of Westmorland … Abbey, the manor house having been the W. tenement on the S. side of the street. Sir Guy Wolston gained possession of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodsford 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular … of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes gently N. from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … apprantely recently built on corporation land next to the river. 31 The corporation let it as the Malthouse until the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south boundary divided Woodstock from … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and …