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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … the hundred of Wotton, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of … and Highgate. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 18. 9., and in the patronage of William J. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Buckinghamshire Wotton Underwood 101. WOTTON UNDERWOOD. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxvii. N.W. (b)xxvii. N.E. (c)xxvii. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of All Saints, about … 1589. ConditionGood; much restored. Secular a, b(2). Moat Farm, house and moat, about 1 miles N.E. of the church. The …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Wotton-under-Edge WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE (18 miles S.W. of Cirencester) Romano-British objects have been found in the vicinity of Symonds' Hall Farm (ST 790960). A fragment of a quern 1 was picked up immediately S. of the farm in 1969 (ST 790958). A metal spoon 2 was found …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) … moat with a fishpond on the W. side. e(4). At Fithler's Farm, nearly 3 m. W.S.W. of the church. e(5). At Marshall's …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. … It was a hotel from c. 1928 to c. 1933 but later a chicken farm, then a lodging house. Telford development corporation …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … of Kent, 11 miles (W. N. W.) from Maidstone, and 24 (S. E. by E.) from London; containing 2949 inhabitants. This …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… north part of the township probably marked the site of the farm or lodge of a medieval assart. 16 By the mid 17th … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … district council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … in 1397-8 and 1413-14. 67 The area was still known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was … divided) were occupied by 35 cottagers, 12 of them at Pain's Lane. By the early 18th century smallholdings probably …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in 1086. Charlton, which had one … 1650, when some engrossment had already occurred, average farm size was 17-32 a. 83 A variety of cereals was grown, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was … of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the … were normally appointed annually. In 1725-6 £59 18 s. 4 d. was disbursed, in 1760-1 £67 12 s. 10 d., although in …