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A History of the County of Gloucester
… estate, but the process was reversed by Cromwell, on whom the manor had been settled. 24 In 1771-2 in Woolaston … enclosed. At High Woolaston in 1743 the open fields were on the north side of the hamlet and were called Keynsham, … Thornwell or Thornhill, Lower field, and, adjoining the Severn on the west side of the lane, Cone House field. Along …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account … area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending … and the steep wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called Yewtree Headland ( Iwes …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place of strength and security. On the expulsion of that people by the Romans, it was …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… 396000 270500 Clent 1253 25.38 391900 279700 Clifton On Teme 1270 1270 22 371500 261600 Droitwich 1066 1215 106.67 … 1059 1226 63.25 394900 245800 Rock 1328 1328 373300 271200 Severn Stoke 1310 1310 41.19 385600 244000 Stourbridge 1482 … 388700 283200 Tenbury 1223 1249 107.44 359400 268400 Upton On Severn 1415 1415 78.69 385200 240200 Wick Episcopi 1182 …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… ever bound to pray for your worships. [...] of Upton super Severn. Ref.110 BA1/1/33/84 (1620) To the right worshipfull … thence put upon the parishe of Bradley, and receaved by on Elizabeth Aston widdowe, without the consente of the … of twoe of the children of John Brooke deceased begotten on the bodie of Issabell the peticioners daughter and borne …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… William Jones Thomas Seaverne James Arnold of Upton upon Severn. Ref.110 BA1/1/123/29 (1675) Wigorn To the honorable … intreats your [worships?] [illegible] some yearly pension on him for the remainder of his dayes, which [illegible] the … out of your [illegible] and charity to bestowe some thing on him to helpe him for the [present?] [illegible] petitioner …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Richard [illegible] John Plebey, Jobe Pengory and others on behalf of William Taylar. Ref.110 BA1/1/136/25 (1680) … did heartofore severall hundred of yeares agoe erect on the land belongine to the said former Lord Bishopp and … equity And your petitioner shall pray etc. John Morrice of Severn Stoke, labourer. Ref.110 BA1/1/145/15 (1684) To the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… peticioner's said dwelling house therefore your peticioner on the behalf of himself and the rest of the protestant … said county husbandman Humbly sheweth that your petitioner on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one … said Thomas Hawkes Godwin and Pidcock Edward Weston John Severn John Sparrye Elizabeth Blackmore Joseph Dixon George …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, … of Atworth, parish, union, and hundred of Bradford, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford …