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A History of the County of Gloucester
… wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called Yewtree Headland ( Iwes Heafdan) … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … B.M. Harl. MS. 594, f. 254. Bodl. MS. Rawl. C. 790, f. 29. Smith, Men and Armour, 50. Trans. B.G.A.S. lxxxiii. 97. Glos. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … were Keynsham, Edge farm and Whitewalls, Abbey Passage or Ferry farm on the east bank of the River Wye opposite Tintern … farm that year. By 1835 the estate was owned by Mrs. Mary Smith, 79 who was still in possession in 1842. 80 The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater … Moore whose only child Mary left a daughter and heir Mary Smith who in 1752 mortgaged the farm to John Evered. 7 The …
The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … officer,) 1696; Mr. Edward Alford 37, 1701; and Robert Smith, Esq. 1714 38. In the old church were the tombs of John … his son, Solicitor for the City of London, 1776; John Smith, Esq. (son of Robert), 1730; Anne, wife of Capt. John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … moulded slab. Floor-slabs: In vestibule(1) to Nicholas Smith, 1698, Mary his first wife, 1676, Frances his second … and shop, No. 5 Nile Street, on the W. side of the Free Ferry Approach, 280 yards E.N.E. of the church, has been much …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … on the north by the navigable river Lark, over which is a ferry; and comprises by measurement 1955 acres: the Hall and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Glover of Holdfast, William Moore of Ripple, and Thomas Smith of Upton and Henry Glover of Welland Your poore … is [illegible] [illegible] The Churchwarden of St. Peter's Parish Droitwich. Ref.110 BA1/1/21/87 (1613) To the right …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… for comittinge him to the stockes, then came one John Smith and Thomas Smith Reynoldes and with greate oathes sware they would have …