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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor … to the castle the same day (17 November) on his way to Portsmouth. The next morning the king left for Salisbury, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … produced wooden minesweepers. Vosper Ltd. came from Portsmouth to occupy a downstream site where it built motor …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an average … In the attractive garden is a fountain with a figure of Neptune, brought from Cowdray. A farm-house 2 miles north of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … models of all the royal dockyards, the fortifications of Portsmouth, the breakwater at Plymouth, &c. On the south-west …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … been already given 55. The ill-fated Royal George, lost at Portsmouth in the month of August 1782, with Admiral …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the … reached Worthing. 80 In 1791 81 and 1812 82 the Brighton-Portsmouth coach passed through Worthing, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, … the parish by Pos bridge, over the narrow channel between Portsmouth and Langston harbours. Great, and part of Little, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the wapentake of Manley, … from Arundel to Bognor, and intersected by the Arundel and Portsmouth canal. It comprises about 1500 acres, of which 100 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it … south of Yapton Place as far as the line of the future Portsmouth-Arundel canal, and northwards and westwards to …