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A History of the County of Oxford
… by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old … the bailiffs and excluded from charitable uses. 4 Holloway's and Townsend's Almshouses Two other almshouses were founded … purchases, the estate comprised some 66 a. of arable and woodland in Eynsham, let at 48, with 10 a. at Hailey and 6 a. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, expansion may … Allen, Mount House, 195. Assarting: clearance of woodland or scrub for agricultural use. Bampton Hund. R. 89 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's … End appears to have been piecemeal and associated with woodland assarting, however, and neither Woodgreen nor West …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … room to the rear may have been added soon after the house's first building. The hall lay south of the parlour at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 17. 10.; net income, 400; patron, the Rev. F. J. … by computation 2500 acres, of which 2000 are arable, 30 woodland and the rest pasture. The living is a discharged … 280 inhabitants. It comprises 1744 acres, of which 172 are woodland, 94 pasture, 96 park, and the rest arable. Witton …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … grown east of Wivenhoe Cross. 33 The parish contained woodland for 100 swine in 1086. Frithy wood lay in the east … beside the Colne. Field names suggest there was once woodland north of the Elmstead road, 34 and the site of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… river Colne and its marshes on the west and south. In 1734 woodland formed part of the eastern boundary. 87 About 69 a. … a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … 4000 acres are arable, 12,000 meadow and pasture, 1000 woodland, 6786 common uninclosed, and 371 road and waste. The … 10,380 acres, whereof 2036 are arable, 8034 pasture, 200 woodland (exempt from tithe, by prescription), and 110 waste …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Helmsley; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises … on the Dearne and Dove canal, comprises about 410 acres of woodland; the prevailing scenery is pleasing, and the soil … 3 r. 32 p., of which 4835 acres are arable, 186 meadow, 93 woodland, and the remainder waste; the surface is varied, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and Priorslee was probably … there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … in 1982. 11 See above, intro., for details of medieval woodland. Cartlidge, Priory of Wombridge, 20. S.P.L., Deeds …