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Survey of London
… the archaeological evidence of the structure, both above and below ground, which has been presented in the preceding … been found; but, unfortunately, it is not quite conclusive and there is still doubt about the history of the building … two other 'manors of Hackney' (latterly known as Kingshold and Lordshold), and because Lysons 1 and a number of later …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The period between the dissolution of the monasteries and the middle of the 18th century was an important one for … Shropshire farmers became more commercially minded and specialized in producing those commodities best suited to … plain is particularly noteworthy but other livestock and mixed-farming enterprises developed elsewhere in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1750-1875 17501875 The second half of the 18th century and the first three quarters of the 19th were a period of … growth 16 (stimulated locally by industrialization) 17 and almost a quarter of a century of war (17931815) increased domestic demand for food and raised prices, rents, and land values to unprecedented …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Domesday Book To 1300 DOMESDAY BOOK TO 1300 The two and a half centuries extending from Edward the Confessor's … a period of growth: of population, of food production, and of the area under cultivation. 30 Most modern … in 1086 to 5 or 6 million in 1347. 31 Those responses, and indeed the ability to respond in terms of the available …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… that in the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire 10 and Essex 11 the former royal lands may have been entered in … the one manor of Harmondsworth (48), assessed at 30 hides, and a tenement of one hide in Spelthorne Hundred (49), and there is no reason to assume that either of these was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Wolverhampton to Newport and Chester, and contains by admeasurement 2684 acres, including 50 … work remaining is that called Dyke Hill, which by some antiquaries is supposed to be Roman, and to have been raised …
Donors to the VCH Oxfordshire Trust
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Miss M. A. Abley Mrs V. Alasia Mrs E. M. Albery Barbara and Vic Allison Ammco Charitable Trust Mrs Elizabeth Anderson … Booth Miss H. F. Borron Brackley History Society Jessica and Manfred Brod Mrs Hazel Brown Mr David Buckle Burford and … Mr F. H. W. Sheppard Mrs Helen Sims The Society of Antiquaries of London Mrs Angela Spencer-Harper Mrs Ann …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 69 SE, cSY 78 NW, dSY 79 SW) Dorchester, the County Town and a municipal borough, stands on the right bank of the river Frome and now includes within its boundaries the parish of … M.D., F.R.C.P. Edin., and also Fellow 'of the Societies of Antiquaries of London and Edinburgh' etc. 'who desired to be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil is a stiff clay; the surface is generally level, and a spring of remarkably pure water, called Udwell, … in the king's books at 12. 19. 2.; patrons, E. H. Fielden and Wm. Lawrance, Esqrs. The tithes were commuted for land in … by vulgar tradition to Julius Csar, and by respectable antiquaries to Claudius. It is situated on a lofty eminence, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… at the junction of the counties of Cardigan, Brecknock, and Carmarthen. In 1074, a sanguinary battle was fought here, between Rhŷs ab Owain and Rhydderch ab Caradoc, Princes of South Wales, on the one side, and Gronw and Llewelyn, the sons of Cadwgan ab Bleddyn, on …