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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … 34 The clay plateau was densely wooded when the Devil's Ditch was constructed. 35 From Anglo-Saxon times much …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 99 Each manor had a home farm in 1086. 1 Ditton Camoys's had only two ploughteams but expanded by the later 13th … or fields south-east of Ditton Green. 3 Ditton Valence's home farm, with four teams in 1086, was diminished by … a. under corn in 1302 and c. 225 a. after 1350. 5 Saxton's home farm had three teams in 1086 and 300 a. of arable in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the 10-hide royal manor in 1086 in defiance of Ely's claim, 59 which was never satisfied. The history of the … 1264), lord of a third of the barony of Bourn, had knight's fee in Woodditton until 1228. 60 In the 1230s the holder of the manor owed 10 rent to Ralph son of Hugh's heirs, who continued to exact it until the 1270s. 61 By …
The Environs of London
… free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … Alderman of London, 1625; Anne, wife of Thomas Holbech, S. T. P. daughter of Patrick Melvill, 1666; Richard Bayly, … and James II. 1715; and Rowland Beresford, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, 1719. In the south aisle are the monuments of Drigue …
A History of the County of Essex
… paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at hay-time and two or three men to the boon works, … that the water pent up for Sir Bernard Whetstone's mill flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been … artificial slate, was demolished before 1811. 38 Sir James's son Sir George invented a method of cutting stone pipes, …
A History of the County of Essex
… committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's Church of England school, Woodford Bridge, was opened in … was opened in 1913 for boys from the local Dr. Barnardo's Home. In 1946 the boys were transferred to other Woodford … juniors and infants, and renamed Roding. 32 St. Anthony's Roman Catholic school, Mornington Road, was opened in 1900 …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … quite uncommonly complete stretch' of them near St. Mary's church in South Woodford, 'some in generous gardens'. 62 At …
A History of the County of Essex
… court. He claimed that, because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 … clerk, who had previously served unpaid, was granted 10 10 s. a year. Two overseers were appointed each year. Each … but after 1659 rates were assessed on property values: 1 s. in the pound in 1707, rising in the late 18th century to 9 …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; … In 1086 the manor comprised 5 hides and was valued at 100 s. 8 When Waltham was reconstituted by Henry II in 1177, he …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the … substance, but in 1254 the benefice was valued at only 100 s., 13 and in 1291 it was among the poorest livings, being …