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A History of the County of Stafford
… sick clubs, money clubs, clothes clubs, and clubs for land or furniture'. The oldest society was then 56 years old, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… eastwards by the gift of another 9½ a. in 1887. The land was at first held on a 99-year lease at a nominal rent, … in the 1930s by Wednesbury borough council on part of the land acquired from West Bromwich in exchange for the Delves … Black Lake to the south was the name of a plot of land by the end of the 14th century (when it occurs with …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… before the Conq. which paid to the geld for six bov. 1 The land two car. There afterwards Goysfrid, the man of Roger de … Henry Warwike three mess. one toft, and four bov. of land in Burton and Stretton in the Clay. 13 In another 20 H. … and three mess. four tofts, one hundred and forty acres of land, forty of meadow, sixty of pasture, and 20s. rent with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… held it for life together with East Dean (q.v.) and land in Charlton. 15 The western half of West Dean parish … and chapelry of CHILGROVE. In 1200 Peter Blund, who held land worth 40 s. in West Dean in 1195, 16 was in possession … John who in 1342 settled on himself and his wife Thomasine land and rents in West Dean and Chilgrove. 23 In 1348 John le …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… free customs which any free borough on the sea has in our land.' This, if taken literally, would place Liverpool from … personal liberty, freedom from service, free tenure of land, and exemption from the payment of tolls within the … is to be found mainly in the numerous local deeds of land-transfer preserved by the Moore and Crosse families. See …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… manors, before the Conquest, as four bov. 2-3rds, The land whereof was two car. There afterwards two men of Rogers … the tax for his manor as two bov. and one third. The land being one car. When Doomsday book was made Vsi (or Vlsi) …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and glebe are described in similar terms in 1587; the land was then said to lie in the open field, and was subject … afterwards, and the proceeds were used to redeem the land-tax on Harmondsworth glebe. A new Vicarage, still in use … Part of the bounty money was later invested in 9 acres of land in Isleworth parish. 10 To compensate for the extinction …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of whom 14 were also 'demesne tenants', held 'assised' land, for which they paid rent and rendered services by … 1828 in respect of rights to tithe, manorial rights, and land in the open field acquired by the lord of the manor … appears ever to have attained to 100 acres. In 1086 the land of the 8 villeins amounted to only 2 hides, perhaps …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… half the area of the parish, lay the open-field arable land. 6 There was still woodland in 1521 but this had been … southward and eastward from the village over agricultural land, to provide for a new rapid advance in population, which … to the west, and a strip of valuable arable and meadow-land to the south, remained, however, predominantly …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Housing Act. 59 The parish council was active in acquiring land for recreational and other purposes: the Green and the … and the Closes (28 a.) in 1924 and 1928 respectively, and land for a depot by Porter's Way in 1925. 60 In 1929 West …