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Survey of London
… Colville Place XLIIICOLVILLE PLACE (Formerly Colville Court) Colville Place is a paved court connecting Charlotte Street with …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… she being second wife of Sir Richard Byron, as in that place is noted. 9 There was a presentment made against … publishing his history; but it is somewhat strange that a place so near Nottingham should not be visited by him or his … in the park, the animal ran away with him towards this place, at full speed, into which abyss he would probably have …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… road to Newcastle; containing 1651 inhabitants. This is a place of great antiquity, having been originally a British … in the vicinity of which a battle took place between the vanguard of the earl and the rearguard of … there is, within a mile and a half of these lines, a place called Llwyn Davydd, and it is on record that the earl …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parts of the south, where clearances were still taking place at the beginning of the 14th century. 43 There was … land in Wootton. Those farms apart, Combe remained a place characteristically of small farmers whose holdings, as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… been used for vine growing. 5 In 1086 Combe was a small place with a recorded population of only 12 unfree tenants … 76 when it had a reputation as a 'benighted little place' and as a 'bye-word and a scoffing to all the villagers … dancing by schoolchildren on the village green takes place annually. Combe Friendly Society was founded in 1780 80 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had sold it to John Hurst (d. c.. 1731). It was called Place House in 1701, 6 and the Grove in 1778, when it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (E. S. E.) from Colyton; containing 143 inhabitants. This place was anciently called Comb-Coffin, from the Coffin … dedicated to St. Margaret, has been rebuilt. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a school, endowed by a … a parish, in the union and hundred of Stow, W. division of Suffolk, 1 mile (S. by E.) from Stow-Market; containing 1064 …