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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the … XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in the 19th century to a … Abbey, the manor house having been the W. tenement on the S. side of the street. Sir Guy Wolston gained possession of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … 8-12 Oxford Street Bought in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the grammar school, were transferred to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … usually called the Bladon composition, rising from 3 s. to 3 s. 4 d. a year; 39 a payment to Bladon in 1555 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … 'Castle Wall', 32 and a street, possibly the later Upper Brook Hill, leading to the same feature was mentioned c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … employer in 1851 with 43 men and 600 women, lived in Brook Hill on the later gas works site, but seems also to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … 16 As late as 1750 a triangle of land at the junction of Brook Hill and Upper Brook Hill remained in Hensington, 17 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … as the shambles stalls and cottages in Common Acre and Brook Hill; by 1828 the traditional reserved rents were only … webbed feet, may be that of the other party, Joseph the fisher. Cal. Chart. R. 14271516, 1257. Boro. Mun. 83/2. Cf. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … to a number of tenants. Aluredston was worth only £3 10 s., but receipts of £25 12 s. 8 d. from fixed rents and … west side of the lane, Cone House field. Along the Cone brook were the open meadows of Mickla Mead, Thornwell, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to Hewelsfield, and 54 a. of land north-east of the Cone brook were transferred to Alvington. At the same time the … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to the E. is with Preston Deanery. …