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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 3l. 2 Gilbert de Gaunt earl of Lincolne gave this Cratela or Cartela to the monastery of Rufford, which he founded, … the geld. at four bov. of land. The land two car. (It was, or had) a Beru in Maunsfeld. There three sochm. three bord. … and a brother named Martin Hastings, a nephew called Laurence, & Hugh, and William Hastings his cousins. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and those of the townships, often followed watercourses or roads. 43 The ancient and civil parishes were conterminous … Maddock's Hill (280 metres), the Ercall (265 metres), and Lawrence's Hill ( c. 215 metres), descend steeply northwards …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… however, most of the Victorian manufactures ceased or moved away. In the 1960s Wellington town was still the … the west, Smallbrook field 55 on the north, and Poolyhill (or Pooly) field on the east, renamed Windmill field shortly … and roadstone 70 were being quarried at the Ercall and Lawrence's Hill, both in Watling Street township, by 1882. 71 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the poor. At Welnetham was a priory of Crouched, or Crossed, friars, subordinate to the principal house of … embraces the parishes of Welwyn, Digswell, and Ayott St. Lawrence and St. Peter, containing a population of 1955. Wem … it to flourish at that time more than at any antecedent or subsequent period. In 1677, it suffered from a dreadful …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which period and 1564 it was held either by the queen or some branch of the royal family);and Sir Francis Knollys … Wenlock on the 2nd of May, 1839. Wenlock, Little (St. Lawrence) WENLOCK, LITTLE ( St. Lawrence), a parish, within the liberties of the borough of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The poor-law union of Weobley comprises 26 parishes or places, and has a population of 8478. On the south side of … about 30 per annum, for teaching children. Westbury (St. Lawrence) WESTBURY ( St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of …
Old and New London
… of BromptonIts Nurseries and Flower-gardensCromwell or Hale HouseThistle GroveThe BoltonsWestminster and West … nurseries, its groves, and its pleasant detached mansions or cottages, standing apart in their own grounds, this … Elm" Hotel, covers the site of what was known a century or more ago as "Brompton Heath." Here lived Mr. John Burke, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… date the demesne arable had been inclosed for 50 years or more and that others were following the lords' example and … from at least 1531, 56 and its northern end Windmill field or Little Church field by the 1780s. 57 Open-field husbandry … It occurs as Friar Park smithy in 1587, and in 1590 Laurence Thomson of Laleham (Mdx.) was working it. By 1592, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Surrey, most of which can be shown to have belonged, then or later, to the Bishop of London or to St. Paul's. 12 The manor was owned by St. Paul's at the … held the farm from 1419 until his death in 1441, 28 and Laurence Bothe, perpetual farmer in 1453. 29 There is not …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… here to the said prior;witnesses, Sir Robert de Castre, Laurence de la Mare. John, son of Sir William de Ormesby, … who departed, &c. in 1539. On a window, the arms of Dooke; or, three lions heads erased gules, on a chief of the second, …