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A History of the County of Oxford
… and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in demesne. The manor descended with the rest of Roger d'Ivri's lands in … of the canons. 72 The land passed to the Augustinian priory of St. Frideswide and, on the suppression of that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of … It comprises by computation 1040 acres, chiefly the property of Lord Feversham: the village stands south of … of worship. Near the church are some slight remains of a priory of Black canons, founded in the reign of Henry I. by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the area that became Wombridge parish. No vicarage was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though there was presumably a way leading north from Watling Street to Wombridge priory, perhaps on the line of the later Hadley Road. Priorslee probably grew up …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and … 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th century were … mill at Wombridge at the Dissolution, probably near the priory on the stream draining north-westwards through the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have consisted of the central part of what became the parish of Wombridge. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity, p. 301. Education, p. 302. Charities for the Poor, p. 306. Wombridge parish developed out of the demesnes of the Augustinian priory of St. Leonard, founded c. 1135 in a clearing in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. St. Leonard's priory was dissolved in 1536 and its demesnes were leased … William Abbot for 21 years. In 1539 James Leveson bought the reversion and fee of Abbot's leasehold lands from the Crown. 89 Leveson bought more of the priory lands at …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Woodborough. Udeburgh WOODBOROUGH (Udeburgh.) In Udeburg the book of Doomsday shows that St. Mary of Sudwell had Sok to Nortwell, seven Bov. ad Geldam. The land two Car. There was half a car. in demesne, and two … Roger de Houton gave the land which he held here to the priory of Thurgarton, 20 as in Hawton is said; this, I …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; … and combining a variety of picturesque scenery; and the Priory, an old mansion near the church, also forms a pleasing …