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A History of the County of Essex
… by 1254 when Simon Battle was the patron. The advowson of the rectory descended with the lordship of Wivenhoe manor, the lords presenting regularly, except in … in 1638 c. ½ mile north-east of the church, on the parish boundary with Elmstead, possibly replacing an earlier one. It …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east … and south. In 1734 woodland formed part of the eastern boundary. 87 About 69 a. of parochial marshland on the west … west by the old stream of the Colne. 88 The civil parish boundary was altered slightly in 1897 when c. 15 a. from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 96 SW) The parish, covering around 1145 hectares, lies S. of Wellingborough between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire which lies to the E. The E. part is … above OD, partly floored by clay but with extensive areas of river gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). … of Bell Alley, east of Bridgewater Gardens on the northern boundary of Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate at Cutteslowe was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization … parish into a single block of land straddling the parish boundary. An exchange of land with St. Frideswide's priory in … whose site, like Port Meadow itself, was within the ridden boundary of Oxford and may thus once have been part of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to have been no school in the parish before the beginning of the 19th century when dame or 'petty' schools were … or National system, closed shortly afterwards for lack of financial support, and in 1815 the three day schools … school, which had been taken over by Oxford City after the boundary changes of 1929, became a junior mixed and infant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … of the earlier 19th-century parish (746 a. before boundary changes in 1857 and 1868) followed streams of the … rest of Wolvercote and Godstow, it was within the ridden boundary of Oxford. 37 To the west were three closes (14 a.) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles … the rest common. The surface is hilly towards the eastern boundary, and flat in the opposite direction; the soil is …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the … the eastern edge of Snedshill coppice marked the eastern boundary of the main industrial area, and it remained so … Street, whose coincidence with the Shifnal-Wombridge boundary prevented the sanitary authorities from exercising …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of … of Leegomery, gave the canons his rights in the wood, and boundary disputes with Shifnal manor were apparently settled … Hollinswood towards the priory and forming the western boundary of Snedshill wood. The stream was ponded there c. …