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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which Ashby is the head comprises seventeen parishes or places in the county of Leicester, and eleven in the … 1673, founded and endowed an almshouse for seven poor men or women, the endowment of which produces 135 per annum. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… turnpike road, which continued through Ashcott village to Meare with a tollgate at Buscott. The lane north from the … and Pedwell fields. 1 It is a settlement of later 18th- or early 19th-century houses, although one medieval house … Boy, named in 1656, but said to have been open since 1616 or earlier, 12 and the Castle, there in 1675. 13 In 1686 the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S. wall are three windows, the easternmost is of late 15th or early 16th-century date, and of two plain lights under a … but was much altered and partly rebuilt late in the 17th or early in the 18th century. There are modern additions on … storeys, timber-framed and plastered; the roofs are tiled or thatched. Some of the buildings have original …
University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
A History of the County of Oxford
… 42 The parish church, parts of which are 11th- century or earlier, may have been preceded as a religious focus by a … arose possibly from an agreement over tithes in Aston or Shifford, but may reflect early dependence on Eynsham … sealed an agreement in 1235 was perhaps the 'chapel or chantry' in Bampton churchyard controlled in 1395 by the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… 'by Pocklington' was used in the 14th century, 2 when 'in' or 'upon the Moor', perhaps a reference to Spalding moor, … Bridge to Brough, beside a beck running from Keld, or Skel, 9 spring. The northern and western parish boundaries … (d. 1824): 29 it was sometimes known as Barmby Moor House or Inn, alternatively as the Bunch of Grapes and later the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… rents varied from 3 d. to 53 s. 4 d. 117 Berkhampstead. Or a castle azure with three towers and a banner of St. … was that by which Richard Griffin paid three peppercorns or a gilly-flower when a king or queen was crowned in the castle of Berkhampstead. 124 On 1 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the buildings in the North Bersted main street are six or seven flint and brick thatched cottages of the c. 1700 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… farm by purchase and lease in 1711 and 1729 67 By 1744 he or a namesake was rated for 84 a. 68 George Leeds's widow … the Tyssen estate before 1724, 98 when he occupied Fryes (or Fryers) field south of Virginia Row (on Fitchs), 99 and … cowhouse in Brick Lane in 1643 18 and Milkwives (1620) 19 or Milkhouse Bridge (1642) 20 in Hackney Road indicated …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… conveyed in 1653 the former manor house, Bishop's or Bonner's Hall, and 93 a. surrounding it between the … Robert and Ann Sweet; the 6 a. had been bought from John Meure or Meare. 73 Robert Haughton or Horton of Shoreditch, Ursula's …