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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to within two hundred yards of the road, whence there is a good view into it. The parish includes the north side of … the northern boundary of it, in which are the storekeeper's house of the royal mills, and part of the offices and … town likewise, Ospringe parish again intervening, there is a small part of West-street which is within that parish. At …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… separated from it by the river Nene, over which there is a bridge in the middle of the boundary. Fletton spring forms … and 10 half villeins, who paid an annual rent of 10 s. and worked for their lord one day a week from Michaelmas … John Wakelin, formerly Rector, no date; the Rev. William Judd Upton, formerly Rector, d. 1894, and Mary Elizabeth …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… termed in antient writings Goodwinstune, i. e. Godwin's town, or village. It is a very small parish, lying on the north side of the high London road, at the 48th mile-stone, about half a mile's distance from it. The village and church are …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is about two miles across each way; the soil is in general a stiff clay and heavy tillage land, but on the hill inclined … very unhealthy. In consequence of king Richard II.'s writ to the sheriffs of Kent and Essex, in his 1st year, … Newborough. 6 They joined in the sale of this moiety to Judd, from which name it passed in the reign of king Henry …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the stream which rises in it, and ham, which signifies a town or village. The western part of this parish is in the … of this county, that is all of it which lies westward of a line drawn from the centre of Chilston-house, northward to … market, which was granted to the abbot of St. Augustine's, as has been mentioned before, to be held within his manor …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… described in the survey of Domesday. IT is situated about a mile northward of the high London road from Judde-hill, the … the upland part of it, and the parsonage-house, which has a mote round it, near half a mile southward of it, close to … There is wood, but it pays nothing. Upon the bishop's disgrace, about four years afterwards, this estate came to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the addition of next Sittingborne, to distinguish it from a parish of the same name next Hyth. THE PARISH of Newington lies for the most part on a flat plain, extending from east to west near two miles, at … of Sir Beversham Filmer; bart. formerly of the Troughton's, and before that the residence of the Holbrook's. Here was, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… km. north-east of Salisbury. 2 The parish, 965 ha. (2,386 a.), is on Wiltshire's border with Hampshire, and the river Bourne winds from … his mother Elizabeth Braxton, sold it in 1709 to John Judd, 142 whose daughter Catherine sold it in 1740 to Thomas …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… rises in it. The town of Ospringe, as it is called, is a franchise separate from the hundred of Faversham, having a constable of its own, but the rest of the parish is within … and extend eastward, including the late Mr. Lypeatt's new-built house. Thus that parish intervenes, and entirely …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Riseley RISLEY OR RISELEY Riselai (xi cent.). Riseley is a parish of 3,102 acres, of which 1,447 are arable land, … barley, oats, beans and peas. The parish is watered by a small tributary of the Ouse, but water for domestic … the Bishop of Coutances owned 6 hides in Riseley worth 72 s. The land was held of the bishop by two Frenchmen and six …