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A History of the County of Essex
… Feedham, by will proved 1718, bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of … 16 In 1752 c. 3 a. of land at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 10 s. was used to buy material for … number of beneficiaries increased until 1867 when 51 women and 17 men each received an average of 3 yd. of flannel; …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe apparently remained comparatively small and …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the north-east, and the river Colne …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is … of steel and iron. Of these the principal are, smiths' and carpenters' tools of every description, files, nails, screws, …
A Dictionary of London
… "lay between the tenement of Sir John de Pulteneye and the tenement of Bartholomew Denmars and was a public way to the Thames. In 17 Ed. III. complaint … west of the lane called Cold Harbour, between that lane and Haywharf Lane. Stow says the lower part of the lane was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling … and wheelwright in the 1760s, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, carpenters, and sawyers in the earlier 19th century, 65 were … mill and 10 railway workers; other occupations included 9 masons, 3 butchers, a compositor, a printer, a boat builder, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small acreages of pasture and meadow were recorded on the manorial demesne, 9 which was … hewer was recorded in 1327, 26 a slatter in 1306, 27 and 3 masons in 1381. Three brewers were recorded in 1381. 28 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 … The masonry is said to have been carried out by French masons and every possible use was made of stone rather than …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had … commonest types of rural craftsmen, like blacksmiths and carpenters. 77 In the 1930s families living at Ditton Green …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 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 … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 a. and Morley manor farm 292 a.; 76 Morley Park farm had 166 a. …