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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the … for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the lordship of Striguil. The livestock usually consisted … Tidenham Chase, 13 and in 1170 receipts from forest pleas included 6 s. 8 d. from the men of Aluredston. 14 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. 66 After … 1405 much of the business concerned cases of trespass and pleas of debt. 70 Three reeves were elected that year, a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. … his estates in 1096, after which they were held by the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … on the road to East Huntspill 1 but had been renamed the Crown by 1871. 2 It was open in 1881 and appears to have been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. George stands near the middle of the parish. The walls …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … the king's books at 8. 6. 1., and in the patronage of the Crown, with a net income of 102: the glebe comprises 14 …
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, … its appurtenances of Woolwich, &c. became vested in the Crown, and this estate passed through various lay hands. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead … Somerton, Lincs. The palace passed into the hands of the Crown in 1311, but there is little evidence of alteration to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … the king's books at 8. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, 226. The church is a cruciform structure …