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Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… and earlier 20th centuries it became an estate village for the neighbouring Bradwell Grove House. From the Middle … adjusted in the 1680s, when Henry Trinder, in preparation for inclosure, spent several years 'dividing the greatest … at Bradwell Grove, causing occasional confusion. 2 Even for civil purposes, houses at the Grove and south of Akeman …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Parish: Kelmscott KELMSCOTT TOWNSHIP Now widely known for its association with the designer, writer, and socialist … it was usually counted a separate civil parish, although for ecclesiastical purposes it remained attached to Broadwell … from the 1970s. The parish meeting pressed frequently for improved public transport from the 1940s, though with …
Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… there was some earlier piecemeal inclosure probably for sheep farming, some of it involving small-scale … of a watery land'. 8 Visitors' perceptions may vary, but for those who lived and worked there the chief significance … exceptionally large and wealthy: Langford (rated at 15 hides) was valued at 18 in 1066, while Broadwell (24 hides) …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… Hill (Llandovery) sandstone, 6 which was quarried there for building stone. 7 South of Toney's Farm the relief is … the parish are generally poor and historically were used for growing rye, although numerous orchards are recorded from … from 1871 to 1927. 5 BROMESBERROW MANOR An estate of five hides at Bromesberrow held in 1066 by Earl (i.e. King) Harold …
The Environs of London
… that it was taken away from them by some future monarch; for it appears that King Edgar, in 967, for a large sum of money, granted to Bishop Alfstan ten hides of land in Bromley, with extensive liberties and …
Survey of London
… period. One fireplace is still left, with the open space for the dog stove, and is tiled round with interesting old … house above described, and runs parallel to the river for some distance. Bromley Hall is about half a-mile from the …
The Environs of London
… an equal proportion between arable and pasture; the soil for the most part is gravelly. This parish pays for its quota to the land-tax the sum of 428. 8s. 2d. which, … of William the Conqueror, by William, Bishop of London, for a prioress and nine nuns 2. There is no trace of any part …
Survey of London
… over 5,000 on the property in 17578 and put up the whole for auction in 1759. 11 By this time he had taken holy … 12 a Meanwhile his wile Ann was left in London unprovided for, and reduced to petitioning for relief from small debts. 14 Moreau died at Charleston in …
Survey of London
… He calculated the cost of repairs at 3,000 and asked for a longer leasehold term as compensation. 113 William … Wyatt did undertake a thorough repair and reconstruction, for the ratebooks record that the house was empty for three quarters of 1821 and half of 1822 and was being …
Survey of London Monograph
… height, which doubtless gave sufficient access for equestrians to the courtyards in the rear, while for those who came on foot a central portico entrance was … the front door precedes one's entrance to the hall, open for the height of two storeys. On the left is the …