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A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the manor of Bisley. 18 In 1309 Tibbald de Verdun's portion of the manor included 50 a. of arable, ½ a. of … 10 ploughs, and another 23 men owing a total rent of 44 s. and two sesters of honey; 11 burgages in Gloucester owned … 145 a. in Avenis and Nashend owned by Ferdinand Snow, as well as the Frampton Place estate, Sydenham's farm, the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Inferior Oolite which is overlaid by a band of fuller's earth, while the high ground is formed by the Great Oolite, … estate at Woodchester, 15 and there was woodland worth 20 s. on Bisley manor in 1086. 16 In 1575 280 a. of woodland … and named from the village wells, which were given a new well-head with 7 spouts in 1863, 71 stands the Mansion House, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1813. There was subsequently some falling off but figures well above £2,000 were again recorded in the depressed years … not given an urban district council under the Act of 1894. S.C. 2/175/7-10. S.C. 6/Hen. VIII/6664 rot. 8d. S.C. 2/175/13. S.C. 6/Hen. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… time, widows especially. It may be that the black 'widow's weeds' conveyed a message of unavailability in the marriage … of all the ladies in town' [Diaries (Pepys)]. !n 1751 Aris's Birmingham Gazette, and no doubt other provincial papers … with the new season's fashionable textiles that might well be out of date before the period of mourning was over. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in strict order; 14 in the mid 18th century Christ Church's manor also included pieces of Lammas meadow perhaps held … in the 16th each had 1 a. of meadow, 17 and the vicar's glebe ( yardland) included 11 a. of arable and 1 a. of … Bourton inhabitants in Witney, Bampton, and Burford, as well as in neighbouring villages. 102 Parliamentary Inclosure …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rural character, during the 20th century the parish's northern part was transformed by the creation and expansion … 39 a.) of detached meadow by the Thames; the parish's main part was long and narrow, cutting across varied … in the 18th and 19th century to turnips and sainfoin as well as wheat and barley. 14 The church stands on a small …
A History of the County of Oxford
… manor were mentioned in 1195, when perquisites totalled 36 s. 8 d.; 1 in the 17th century they dealt with maintenance of … held after Michaelmas, apparently by the lord of Bampton's steward. That too oversaw watercourses and roads. 3 Tenants … manor included waifs, strays, and other manorial rights as well as the right to hold courts leet and baron. 12 Medieval …
A History of the County of Oxford
… retained burial rights until the 1580s. The benefice's relative poverty ensured that the church was served usually … appropriated half the church to Osney abbey at Ralph's 'presentation', implying that Ralph had retained some … curates, of whom several served other churches as well. For much of the earlier 19th century only one Sunday …
A Dictionary of London
… Court" (q.v.) seems to occupy part of the site in the O.S. etc. The site is now covered by Mark Lane Station. Name … 1746-Boyle, 1799). The site seems now to be occupied by Jacob's Well. See Jacob's Well Passage. Black Horse and Hare Inn …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of use in this sense: 1591 Black jack was secondly a miner's name for zinc sulphide or blende. In the nineteenth century … much of the practices he described applied equally well to even earlier times [Tomlinson (1854)]. Mixed with … (1854), Trinder (1992). Black lead comb The entry in Cox's Dictionary of Hairdressing directs the reader to 'Lead …