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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… ownself best." I saw an old carbine, in the house-keeper's room, very curiously wrought in figures, doubtless one of … de Novoloco, p. 246. Esc. 7 H. 4. n. 44. Glover, Ex Coll. S. Lo Kniveton. Fin. 7 H. 4, m. 6: Fin: 7 H: 5, m: 1- … possessed of Wollaton, and the greater part of Sir Francis's possessions Sir Percival left five sons, the eldest of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of … much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling the parish boundary. An exchange of land with St. Frideswide's priory in 1358 may have been part of the process: in return …
A History of the County of Oxford
… extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th … and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then … manor by 1086, 34 and remained independent of St. Peter's and of Oxford for all but ecclesiastical purposes. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in demesne. The manor descended with the rest of Roger d'Ivri's lands in the county and in the early 12th century was held … of St. Valery and John of St. John. 62 About 1180 Reynold's son Bernard of St. Valery granted Wolvercote to Henry II …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the area that became Wombridge … to have been simply a donative and outside the bishop's ordinary jurisdiction. 50 It was evidently in the Crown's patronage until the earlier 17th century. Probably between …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's other inhabitants were cottagers and colliers. 12 Little is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what … on the east by a stream dividing Hadley wood from the king's wood (Wrockwardine wood), on the west by Springwell brook, … expansion by c. 1181 may have been indicated by Henry II's confirmation to the priory of 80 a. of assarts beyond the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … races and athletic competitions were held south of Pain's Lane in the mid to late 19th century during the wakes, 58 … and thereafter at the other end of Oakengates in Owen's field. There were four fairs in 1850, and an annual funfair …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The income was not fully used and a surplus of £342 3 s. 8 d. existed in 1828. 13 In 1834 a school was built by … buildings were erected and the school, called St. Dominic's, was placed on an established footing with 50 pupils. 24 … Glos. Colln. RF 348.2. Bd. of Educ., List 21, 1912 (H.M.S.O.), 170; 1922, 109; 1936, 125. Ex inf. the head teacher. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route … converted to make cottages, one of which included a potter's workshop. South of Frogmarsh, on the lane called Convent … the 1860s incorporating an earlier farm-house called Bird's Hill Farm, 29 and the 18th-century Chester Hill House; the …