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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 Milton Abbas parish included the W. part … boundary between Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Kingston and Anderson on the S.W. and Charlton Marshall and … come from two barrows on the parish boundary, Winterborne Kingston (25) and (26). (20) Barrow ? (83169754), S. of Horse …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… III., was formerly held here; and a fair is still kept on St. Martin's day. The living is a discharged vicarage, … quantities of spar are found in the coppices. Winterbourne-Kingston (St. Nicholas) WINTERBOURNE-KINGSTON ( St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, on the road to Chatteris; containing 502 inhabitants. The … loam, and in others a black earth, resting principally on chalk and flint. The grounds are intersected by the rapid … of Holderness, E. riding of York, 19 miles (E. by S.) from Hull; containing 126 inhabitants. It comprises about 850 …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form … borough. 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on … 11 Ships sailed to London, Gainsborough (Lincs.), and Hull weekly, and occasionally more often, in 1832. 12 A steam …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wellington; containing 2057 inhabitants. It is situated on the Roman Watlingstreet, and comprises 677 acres of arable … here, and their successors still hold the manor of Kingston: the name is thought to be a corruption of … and many others are employed in trading with Newcastle, Hull, and the Continent; one or two sail direct to Liverpool, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… later held it as lessee or custodian of the abbey, and on his death in 1072 it was taken by William I. William de … his Woodditton estate (including Wickhall manor) 84 on his son John. 85 The younger John sold Ditton Camoys and … charters in possession of the Revd. Prof. D. B. Crouch, Hull Univ., who is thanked for making them available. Liber …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is made, and which is also burnt for lime. The river Hull passes near the township, and has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and there are other large mills … the Hall, now a farmhouse. Divine service is performed on Sunday afternoon in a small chapel subordinate to the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. There was one ploughteam on the Woodmancote manor demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there was half a team in … Wick manors, 13 and several meadow was mentioned later. 14 Kingston mead and Town mead in the north were common meadow: …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… keepe very disorderly houses and sell ale frequently on the Lords [day?] and doe entertaine and keepe persons of … of the overseers for the last year, nor did they appear on the day appointed to give in the accounts to the parish … Beale Edward Tomkings Edward Clarke Inhabitants of Berrow on behalf of Henry Poole. Ref.110 BA1/1/191/32 (1701) Wee …
A History of the County of Essex
… pasture, and 20 a. of meadow. 51 Mixed farming was carried on at Bowdens farm beside the Stour in the 16th century. 52 … 55 The prioress and nuns still exacted carrying services on foot to and from Wormingford at their manor of Wix c. … (d. 1595). 74 In the 17th and 18th centuries Cooks and the Hull were held by the Lynne family of Little Horkesley, 75 …