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A History of the County of Essex
… was cultivated by 4 servi with 2 ploughs in both 1066 and 1086, and the only recorded livestock in 1086 were 6 cattle and 1 horse; there was wood for 12 swine, and 3 a. of meadow. …
A History of the County of Essex
… the road from Marks Tey on a small part of the south-west, and by field boundaries on most of the remain- ing sides; in the north-west, south-west, and south-east, however, the parish boundary ran across … the south, but only the western half remained in 1876. The malting, used in the 18th and 19th centuries, was attached to …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… parish of Aldsworth lies 6.5 km. south-east of Northleach and 5 km. north-east of Cirencester. In 1976 it covered an area of 1,356 ha. (3,350 a.) 1 and was irregular in shape with the boundaries marked by … a customary nature, including aid, pannage, and a toll on brewing. Of the customary tenants 26 each held a yardland, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… monks' were holding the Derbyshire manors of Doveridge and Marston-upon-Dove from Henry de Ferrers. 3 It is equally … Priory but those of the abbey of St. Pierresur-Dives and that a priory had not yet been founded at Tutbury, the … II. 4 It records the extensive endowment given by Henry and his wife Bertha to the priory, which was dedicated to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Souls' ( Collegium animarum), was planned, built, and endowed by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury … charter was granted by Henry VI on 20 May 1438, 2 and at the archbishop's request the king accepted the title … the diversion of Dr. Clarke's generosity, schemes were brewing for new buildings on the site he had originally …
A Dictionary of London
… ed. 1720, I. ii. 47). The alleys were called Harp Alley and Lilley Alley in 1656, and consisted of 22 small tenements, while two other … the property consisted of three tenements in Mincing Lane, and these were subsequently acquired by the parish for the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… products imported from the eastern Mediterranean, Africa and the Far East, a certain amount of confusion persists … is now applied to a large group of plants native to Arabia and India of the family 'Liliaceae', and less commonly to … suggested that it could also be used in place of HOPS in brewing [Anon (1695)]. Neither usage appears to have been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, which includes the hamlet of Bures, and contains 1557 a. 2 r. 37 p., was anciently parcel of the … was divided among several proprietors. The soil is rich, and constitutes fine cornland; the scenery is picturesque. A … The living is a recrory, valued in the king's books at 11, and in the gift of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons Alwoldsbury's field or fields were mentioned in 12467. 1 No later references have been found and, since a grant of arable and meadow in 1351 lay 'in Alwoldsbury and Alvescot', 2 the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… ALWALTON (B.a.). (O.S. 6 in. V N.W.) Alwalton is a parish and village on the right bank of the Nene, 4 m. W.S.W. of Peterborough. The Church and the reconstructed porch (4), are the principal monuments. … by inhumation have been found here, one in 1863 of a man and woman with two bronze bangles, a coin of Alexander …