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The Environs of London
… of Waltham Holy-cross. It was seized by the crown on the suppression of religious houses 2, and, in 1546, was … was parcel of the possessions of the abbot and convent of Stratford-Langthorne, and was granted, in the year 1541, to … of the R t Hon. William L d Maynard, and Susanna Evans of Stratford-Bow, married July 17, 1677." "Benjamin, son of S r …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the winding course … William Bowles, Canon of Salisbury Cathedral and curate of Stratford-subCastle. 60 Bowles died in 1788, and the manor …
A History of the County of Essex
… known as Monkhams, did not belong to Waltham Abbey but to Stratford Langthorne Abbey. 5 Most of the parish east of the … century. Before 1235, however, another house was in use, on the 'upper' road. 54 A map of about 1700 shows the demesne … Chigwell. 66 William de Montfitchet endowed the abbey of Stratford Langthorne with his wood of Buckhurst in 1135, 67 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 36 s. 10 The site of New Woodstock, a well drained plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, … had 1,106 inhabitants. 37 Woodstock straddles the Oxford-Stratford road, which was probably an established route … lay off the principal lines of communication: the Oxford-Stratford road was relatively unimportant, the …
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, … distance of nine miles from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where … to Thomas Palmer and Andrew Castell 24. The monastery of Stratford Langthorne had an estate of about 50 acres called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 157 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Dovor, and comprises by … parts hilly, and the scenery diversified. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the parish. The living is a … WOOTTON-WAWEN ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Stratford, Henley division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. …
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. … 96 The parish boundary follows a dry valley and a ridge on the south-east, but no prominent natural feature marks it … 99 An intermittent head stream of the Christchurch Avon flows from north-east to south-west across the south …
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 … part of the county, including the Valley of the Avon, the adjoining uplands to the north of that river, and … to Wolverhampton. Its total length is thirteen miles. The Stratford-upon-Avon canal branches from the Birmingham and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Richard [illegible] John Plebey, Jobe Pengory and others on behalf of William Taylar. Ref.110 BA1/1/136/25 (1680) … did heartofore severall hundred of yeares agoe erect on the land belongine to the said former Lord Bishopp and … bridge consistinge of seaven arches over the river of Avon in the parish of Eckington fitt and convenient for all …