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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were … of woodland and plantation in the parish. 24 Mills and the Cloth Industry. A mill was recorded at Woodchester in 1086. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Introduction WOODCHESTER The parish of Woodchester, well known as the site of a Roman villa, 1 lies on the west side of the Nailsworth … boundary follows the Nailsworth stream, on which several cloth-mills were built, and the southern boundary is formed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the … a clock with a domed cupola, built to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935; it also bears the Royal … been abandoned. In 1839 there were 6 a. of osier and withy beds. The river was well known as a trout stream; 87 in 1859 …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while … much occupation in the village. In 1686 there were beds for 19 guests and stabling for 31 horses. 41 In 1848, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Sunday school at Woodford, apparently Anglican, where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. 1 By 1807, if … was being held by Dissenters, but in 1801 two day schools of industry were founded, one attended by 20 boys and the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree … John Roberts (Bt.). It has been extended to provide 54 beds. 129 Harts House was bought by East Ham council in 1920 …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope assigned this … was hung. There is also a sanctus bell dated 1708. 51 A silver flagon and 2 silver bowls were in use in the 1680s, 52 …