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The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half … Woodford he left 10l. for the purpose of redeeming paschal money at Easter; so that every body in the parish, being free …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the … the streets of Woodford ankle deep'. 125 The amount of money expended on the poor of the parish rose from somewhat …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while … for which they did service in proportion. Some paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at …
A History of the County of Essex
… Sunday school at Woodford, apparently Anglican, where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. 1 By 1807, if … which was to be given to the poor. In or before 1645 this money, with another 100 belonging to the parish, was lent to …
A History of the County of Essex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. … was established for those who did not wish to serve. The money raised by churchwardens' rates was not always used for … repairs to sections of the roads within the parish, the money being paid from the overseers' or churchwardens' …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Manors MANORS. The manor of WOODFORD HALL, which comprised the greater part of the parish, is first mentioned in the charter of doubtful … S.C. 2/174/42A. S.C. 2/173/34. Land held in villenage by a money rent: cf. P.N. Essex, 127. E.R.O., D/DCw M16. Ibid. …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope assigned this … at Woodford had been mainly responsible for raising the money for St. Paul's, became the first vicar. He was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of … Maurice FitzJeffrey, in consideration of certain sums of money due from him to Henry II.; it was dedicated to St. John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… 6 in. XIX N.W.). Woodhurst is a parish and village 3 m. N. of St. Ives. The Chapel of St. John the Baptist and the Manor Farm are the principal … oak, top in two divisions with four strap-hinges, slot for money, 16th- or 17th-century, upper part of front modern. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the … the poor generally, which are distributed amongst them in money, clothing, &c. In the Rolls of the reign of Henry III., …