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A History of the County of Sussex
… then very steeply, to attain a maximum height of 678 ft. on Telegraph Hill on its eastern boundary. Woolbeding House, north of the … Granville George Howard, who became Lord Laverton in 1874. 30 Lady Laverton died in 1893 and bequeathed the manor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 942 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was … previously to the time of Henry VIII., who constructed a royal dockyard here, which was enlarged by Queen Elizabeth, … head-quarters were fixed here, the institution of the Royal Military Academy, and various other foundations, has …
The Environs of London
… and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, … The whole of this parish has been decreed to be within the Royal manor of Eltham 5: but the principal estate, which is … Greenwich to Gravesend are now under the direction of a Commission of Sewers. The Thames at high-tide is nearly a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 157 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Dovor, and comprises by … Woodstock; containing 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 … who, at the battle of Edge-Hill, bravely redeemed the royal standard, as is recorded on his monument in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… to gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while … I, 222; George 1904, 6, 21; Wetton 1849, 140; Whellan 1874, 284; NDC R60, 125). Medieval and Later A sherd of early … of the foundation endowment of Lavendon Abbey (Bucks) in a royal confirmation of 1227 ( Mon Angl 6, 888) it appears that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its … Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of Wychwood. The landscape varies from the flat … may be identified with the three hundreds dependent on the royal manor of Wootton in 1086 and sometimes called the three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands of central Oxfordshire, partly on … those at Witney and Oxford. Many parishes lay within the royal forest of Wychwood and some, notably North Leigh, had … In the Middle Ages much of the area belonged to a royal estate, Woodstock manor, centred on the king's palace …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. … timber-framed house of the 17th century, and the Royal Oak is an extended and altered house of 17th-century origin. The Royal Oak was open as a public house from 1848 22 or earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place … obtained from Ethelred a grant of one moiety of the royal dues, with which he repaired the ancient seat of the … betrayed Colonel Fiennes' soldiers to Prince Rupert; and a commission was appointed by authority of the parliament, …