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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Gloucester, Middle division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester; … containing 1116 inhabitants. A church has been built and endowed by subscription, the living of which is in the … in weaving, bleaching, in the collieries of Gawber, and in agriculture. Gawber Hall, an ancient mansion, is now a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Michael), a municipal borough, a market-town, and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Basingstoke, … Bath and West of England Society for the encouragement of Agriculture, the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, by the …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… an oblong enclosure of some 10 acres, extremely disturbed and mostly in ground which has long been ploughed. Its … relatively dominant when approached from N. or S. The N. and S. sides are each defined by an inner bank (not shown on … 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, spread to a width of about 100 ft. and standing some 3 ft. to 5 ft. above a ditch apparently 150 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… on the four estates of Bawdrip, Bradney, Crandon, and Crook in 1086. 15 Bawdrip, the largest, had a small demesne arable farm for 1 ploughteam and the tenants, numbering 21, had 5 teams for a similar … Sedgemoor in Bawdrip parish were allotted in 1795. 30 Agriculture employed 67 out of 79 families in 1821. 31 By …
A History of the County of Essex
… purposes it has since 1946 been united with Abbess Roding and Berners Roding. 3 The ancient parish of Beauchamp Roding … elsewhere in the Rodings hardly any occupations other than agriculture have been carried on in this parish. 24 From the … and personal observation. For some general comments on agriculture in the Rodings see Abbess Roding. E.R.O., D/CT …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Brittany. Before the Conquest it had been held by Lewin and Etsi as a manor and as 1½ hide. 27 Most of this Domesday estate later became … result of the attainder of Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and that the tenant in demesne had subsequently held directly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The village of Great Beckermet lies partly in this parish, and partly in that of Beckermet St. John, 3 miles south from … on the north bank of the Calder, adjoining the ocean, and contains the sequestered ruins of Calder Abbey, described … The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 87; patron and impropriator, H. Gaitskell, Esq. The parochial church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a relationship has been found. The benefices of Begbroke and Yarnton were united in 1984, and in 1986 the joint benefice was united with … The advowson was held by the Lyons family in the 13th and 14th centuries, passing with their moiety of the manor to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history. Begbroke field was mentioned in 1585, 8 and extensive traces of ridge and furrow indicate that much of the parish has been arable. … c. 1595 by mutual agreement of the lords, Richard Chetwode and Humphrey FitzHerbert. In 1603 the latter inclosed 8 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Kidlington, c. 144 a. east of the OxfordWoodstock road and north of Rowel brook, was transferred to Begbroke, 3 … The ancient parish was bounded on the north by Rowel brook and on part of the southwest by Frogwelldown Lane, an ancient … parish lies on Oxford clay, but there is an area of sand and gravel east of the OxfordWoodstock road, and it was there …