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A History of the County of Gloucester
… The fact that West field lay near the middle of the parish on the northern boundary 85 suggests that the open-field land … early times lay all in the south-east half of the parish, on the higher ground. In 1638 West field and Nether field … were also a dozen families supported by work on the River Severn 43 and, presumably, the canals. A sailor was among the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and stretches long and narrow to within a few yards of the Severn in the north-west. The name of the parish has been … adopted as the official name. 2 Meanwhile the settlement on the main road had come to be known usually as Whitminster … detached part of the parish was transferred to Frampton on Severn and a similar detached part of Moreton Valence was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Hereford 78 until the late 14th century: it was settled on Humphrey de Bohun and his wife Elizabeth in 1302, 79 and … In 1474 Edward IV included the manor among those settled on the queen; 89 Richard III's undertaking in 1483 to grant … Whitminster House and farmed 167 a. partly in Frampton on Severn. 20 Whitminster House is a three-story building mainly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a deep rich loam in the centre of the vale to a light sand on the sides and acclivities of the hills by which it is … a rich appearance to the vale: Eslington House, seated on the bank of the river, is the residence of the Hon. Henry … the village into the river Perry, which falls into the Severn near Shrewsbury. The grant of a weekly market and an …
A History of the County of Northampton
… some 2,321 acres 37 in the extreme south of Cleley hundred on the north bank of the Great Ouse, which here forms the … by the river from Thornton and Beachampton (Bucks.) on the south, and is bounded on the west by Leckhampstead … family) and his wife Monica to establish a rest home at Westbury-on-Trym, obtained the approval of the Charity …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… settled Wicken in 1382, from his widow Joan's death, on his surviving daughter Margaret and her husband Sir John … in 1402-3. Margaret (d. 1414) settled Wicken c. 1407 on the marriage of that son John's son John Peyton to Grace … death in 1484 the elder Thomas had settled Wicken in 1476 on the marriage of his son's son, another Thomas (d. s.p. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… In the winter, most drying had to take place inside - on winter hedges. Not found in the OED Found described as … Books in the early eighteenth century carried up the River Severn in BARREL or CASK, but it has not been noted in the … being carried in quite large quantities up the River Severn in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Col. Wyndham is lord of the manor. The parish is bounded on the east by the Wolds, and on the west partly by the Derwent. It comprises 2990 acres, … seated on the river Stour, which empties itself into the Severn about two miles below it. The soil in the vicinity is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Willey WILLEY Willey was a small parish on the edge of the east Shropshire coalfield, 4 km. east of … and ironstone were mined and iron was smelted and worked on streams bordering the parish, but the industrial activity … the park, had been the bridle way to Swinney wharf on the Severn. 79 Its status was disputed in 1728. 80 In 1756 the …
William and Mary, 1691: An Act for Granting an Aid to Their Majesties of the Sum[m]e of Sixteene hundred fifty one thousand seven hundred and two pounds eighteen shillings towards the Carrying on a Vigorous Warre against France. [Chapter V. Rot. Parl, pt. 3.]
Statutes of the Realm
… and two pounds eighteen shillings towards the Carrying on a Vigorous Warre against France. [Rot. Parl, pt. 3.] Grant … and Assist Your Majesties for the vigorous carrying on the Warre against France, have towards the Ends and … III. Commissioners to meet in the several Counties, &c. on the 2d Day of February next, to execute this Act; and may …