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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter de Clare to Tintern Abbey in 1131. 91 Following a dispute with Llanthony Priory, lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in … within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates of the great thegn the manor of Woolaston probably never … de Lacy was given c. 1110 by Hugh de Lacy to Llanthony Priory, Gloucester. Richard de Clare confirmed the gift c. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest … ESTATE The rectory had been appropriated by Goldcliff priory (Mon., later Gwent) before 1222 but the Columbers …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in … from north to south, with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was annexed to … glass brought at about the same time from Mottisfont Priory by Sir Henry Mille, rector. Part of this glass is now …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … about 636 acres. The lands anciently belonged to Tynemouth priory, and in the reign of Elizabeth were possessed by the …
The Environs of London
… how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … I. gave this church to the Bishop of Rochester, and the priory of St. Andrew at that place 41. Bishop Gundulph, when …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from … during the reign of Henry IV., granted and united to the priory of Bradenstoke, in this county. The old manor-house …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hundred Southern part Wootton Hundred (Southern Part) THE SOUTHERN part of Wootton hundred 1 covered 35,473 a. … Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands of central … The plan of early medieval Cogges, comprising church, priory, and two manor houses, may be traced in some detail. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on … that part of it which was not held in chief to Easton priory. 70 By an exchange licensed in 1390 the priory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … de Lovetot, who, in the reign of Henry I., founded here a priory for Canons regular of the order of St. Augustine, the …