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A History of the County of Stafford
… Brewood Introduction, manors and agriculture BREWOOD The ancient parish of Brewood lies in … flows north through the parish, also on the eastern side, and with the Moat Brook, a tributary, also forms part of the … is fertile but varied, being mainly stiff in the north and west and lighter in the south and east. 1 The parish to …
Survey of London
… is shown, apparently quite without buildings. Faithorne and New court's map, published in 1658 but probably surveyed … carried out by the Fossans between Wentworth Street and Fashion Street, and by Sir William Wheler and his lessees … Among the founders was the chemist, William Allen of Plough Court, at whose home the first meeting is said to have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cumberland; comprising the townships of Bridekirk, Great and Little Broughton, Dovenby, Papcastle, Ribton, and Tallentire; and containing 2112 inhabitants, of whom 121 are in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… lay within the ancient parish, Bridgwater, Bower, Hamp, and Horsey, together measured 8½ hides. Bridgwater manor, the … comprised 7 ploughlands. Three virgates were in demesne and the remainder was worked with 5 teams. Hamp was about half the size of Horsey and was shared equally between lord and tenants. Bower gelded …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… of Brightwell Baldwin contains Brightwell Baldwin village and the outlying hamlet of Upperton. 1 A medieval settlement … peas, beans, and vetches. 15 A husbandman in 1557 left a plough to his son, and 4 d. to every Brightwell man without … hooves of two draught animals and repairing the lord's plough. 21 Later family members evidently continued the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish covers some 2460 hectares of land between 380 ft. and 140 ft. above OD lying across the valley of Harper's … towards the R. Nene. Apart from small areas of limestones and marls exposed in narrow bands along the valley and its tributaries, the whole parish is on the Boulder or …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Brimpsfield village, the primary settlement of a manor and ecclesiastical parish which originally included Cranham to the west, was once the site of a castle and a priory. The parish, which also included part of Birdlip … manor, which then included Cranham, had in demesne 3 plough-teams worked by 8 servi and 4 ancillae. 175 In 1327, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… corner of Leicestershire bordering upon Northamptonshire and Rutland, the ancient parish of Bringhurst, which is 3,612 … correspond to the main settlements of Bringhurst, Drayton, and Great Easton. The River Welland forms the southern … stone cottage north of the road to Easton. The former Plough Inn is a stone building, partly thatched, of which the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… S.E. Most of it is an undulating plateau between 120 m. and 130 m. above OD, mainly on glacial sands and gravels, … and indeed it has been plausibly suggested that the field 'Harrow Hill' which lies just N.W. of the hamlet on the summit … up to 1.25 m. high, which would seem to have prevented a plough from turning. Their function and method of formation …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Britain: 19th and 20th Centuries BRITAIN: 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES For items covering the period 180032 see … 180863. J.S. Malone. London M.A. (Ext.) 1969. A history of Harrow School and its relationship to its neighbourhood …