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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, county of … acres, chiefly arable land, and the soil generally of very poor quality. The Clarence railway passes through. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.E.) Woodham Ferrers is a parish and village 6 m. S.W. of Maldon. The church, Bicknacre Priory and Edwin's Hall are … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands at the S. end of the village. The walls … church is apparently of c. 1250. The house was always a poor one, and came to an end in 1507 by the death of the last …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE Woodmancote lies north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it comprised 2,239 a. and in 1971 it … by 1928, supplementing wells, some deep, which gave a poor yield. 28 By 1974 there was a reservoir north-west of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the … is a ruin. At the inclosure, 20 acres were allotted to the poor. Woodrising (St. Nicholas) WOODRISING ( St. Nicholas), a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote Charity for the poor CHARITY FOR THE POOR. Thomas Beard of Wick Farmhouse by will dated 1667 left £200 for the benefit of the poor of Woodmancote and Albourne, to which £27 was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in plurality with Albourne, 79 and in 1978 it became part of the united benefice of Henfield with Shermanbury and Woodmancote, the parishes … ceiled, floored, and beautified. 33 The building was in poor condition in 1811. 34 Between 1869 and 1873 35 it was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1819 eight or ten girls were instructed at the expense of the rector and other parishioners, some boys going to … opened in 1863 on the Henfield-Brighton road south-east of the church. In 1865 c. 38 attended regularly; an annual … ceased by 1875. 58 W.S.R.O., Ep. II/14A (1808). Educ. of Poor Digest, 973. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 985. Nat. Soc. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… held in the period 1800-50. Business was conducted out of court from the mid 18th century, and the last court was … by members of the Coppard and Dennett families. 73 Two overseers were recorded on various occasions in the 17th … 114-16, 156-9. Woodmancote Reg. 109-11, 116-17. Suss. Poor Law Rec. 14. W.S.R.O., WOC/CC 6/1, ff. 87-9. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census … described as an old house but by 1787 there were only the 'poor remains' of the house 'where Chaucer dwelt and sung'. 77 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The … to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 evidently included …