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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Marquess of Bristol. The tithes were commuted for land and a corn-rent in 1814. The church is an ancient … of ChristChurch, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under an inclosure act in the 39th … Pepyn in 1562, and Reginald Lessey in 1563, bequeathed land for the support of a school. Wenlock, or Much Wenlock …
A History of the County of Essex
… on the edge of the flood plain gravel terrace. The higher land on the east is formed of Woolwich beds of sand and clay. … the 17th century it was diverted and the creek occluded. A land drain still marks the creek's old course to its former … but possibly embodying an authentic tradition, mentioned land in Wennington given to the abbey. 57 The most specific, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tithes for 250, with a glebe-house, and 11 acres of land. The church is a spacious structure in the later English … 4536 a. 3 r. l p., of which the greater portion is arable land: there are some quarries of building and flag stone. The … Esq., of Wereham Hall, and others have merged in the land. The church is chiefly in the early and later styles, …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1832 John Round and his wife Susan granted 5 a. of common land on Bergholt heath, north-west of the junction of School … and overseers for the benefit of the poor. The land was used as allotments for the poor. A Scheme of 1966 … invested for the use of the charity. The income from the land in 1991 was £207. The inclosure award of 1865 allotted a …
A History of the County of Essex
… tithes in 1535. 63 In 1564-5 the glebe comprised 27 a. of land, pasture, and wood worth £20, which had increased by … and his family, endowing it with 2 houses, 40 a. of land, 1 a. of meadow, 8 a. of wood, and 33 s. 4 d. rent in … recorded in 1511. By 1560 the chantry house with 3 a. of land had been leased to a tenant of Bergholt manor. 75 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… ploughs on its demesne with 2 servi, and 2 ploughs on the land of 7 villani and 5 bordarii, but by 1086 both the … estate of 31½ a. had 2 bordarii with ½ plough, wood- land for 16 swine, 3 a. of meadow, and a mill in 1066. By … on goods. The highest individual assessments were £26 on land for John Sackville, lord of the manor, and £16 on goods …
A History of the County of Essex
… Round of Brighton and John Round, his son, gave ½ a. of land on Bergholt common for a school, which was built by …
A History of the County of Essex
… south from Newbridge to incorporate a large tract of land previously in Lexden, between the Colne, St. Botolph's brook, and the railway line to London. 18 The land rises gently from under 20 m. along the Colne and St. … toward Great and Little Horkesley. On the west the land falls to under 20 m. in the valley of the Pulton or …
A History of the County of Essex
… held until 1645 and courts baron until 1918; thereafter land transfers and enfranchisements took place out of court. … Hall manor dealt with varied business. Transfers of land were recorded, pleas of debt heard, pannage collected, … in 1656. The court baron met until 1897 and thereafter land trans- fers took place in the steward's office. 46 A …
A History of the County of Essex
… Bergholt called Mungedene or Pirifield, from which much land was granted to St. John's abbey. 17 The fee apparently … Eudes the sewer gave to St. John's abbey, Colchester, land in West Bergholt which probably formed the nucleus of …