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A History of the County of Bedford
… is an extensive parish, covering nearly 5,339 acres, of which 1,480 acres are arable land, 1,146 acres are … roll for the year 14545 being at the present time in the British Museum, 42 but no later reference to these courts has … the Crown granted both rectory and advowson to Trinity College, Cambridge, who owned them until 1902. 73 They were …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… stretching from sea to sea and including the parish of Shorwell, which was separated from it in the 14th … 266 when it passed with God's House to Queen's College, Oxford, 267 who are the present owners. It lies … Shide and is now cut up into building plots. 268 Queen's College, Oxford. Argent three eagles gules the first eagle …
A History of the County of Surrey
… spelt Carshalton. Carshalton is a parish on the north side of the Chalk Downs, in extreme width not much above a mile at … over 4 miles from north to south. It contains 2,926 acres of land and 22 acres of water. 1 It extends from the chalk, … Chancellor Hardwick, 5 was afterwards used as a military college, and from 1859 to 1893 as a private school, kept by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Camps CASTLE CAMPS Castle Camps lies 15 miles south-east of Cambridge, at the south-eastern extremity of the county. 1 … by 1450; 19 in 1567 on Olmstead Hall farm Queens' College sold for clearance the timber on a 19-acre field … and in 1477 the manor was conveyed to feoffees for Queens' College, Cambridge; 156 it was vested in fellows of the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… is a large parish comprising 3,701 acres, more than half of which is pasture. 1 It was formerly very well wooded, part of it lying within the forest of Malvern; 'half the forest … 33 physician to Henry VIII and President of the Royal College of Physicians. 34 He is said to have made a …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Catmore is a very small parish in the southern division of the county. It lies at an average height of 500 ft. above the ordnance datum, the general slope of the … and ashes, which appear to be the relics of an ancient British village, are constantly being ploughed up. 5 Manor …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Catteswyrth, Cateworth (xiii cent.). The civil parish of Great Catworth has since 1885 included the hamlet of … coats of arms with inscriptions below them: (1) Brasenose College, 'Collegium Aenei-nasi'; (2) Sable, on a saltire … generosi, 1666.' It must have been given by Morris to the College, and by them, at a later date, to the church. A …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Caxton CAXTON The ancient parish of Caxton lies 11 miles west of Cambridge and 7 miles east of … that Caxton should be sold to found a chantry in the college of St. Mary-in-the-Fields, Norwich, with which … terms of his will, and conveyed it to Gonville and Caius College. The estate was then a little over 172 a. The college …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Chaddesley Corbett is a large parish covering 6,079 acres, of which 3,065 are arable land, 2,247 pasture and 242 … de Beauchamp to grant the church of Chaddesley to the college of Warwick. 28 The agreement of her son Thomas was … leaving England, which she desired to do on account of her health. At length she was permitted by special leave of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.); Chadlyngworth, Chadworth (xvi cent.). The parish of Chaddleworth, which lies on the southern slope of the … was dissolved in 1524 and the site was granted to Wolsey's college at Oxford. 60 After the fall of the cardinal it was … had married John Chardin Musgrave, D.D., Provost of Oriel College, Oxford. She died 27 February 1795, leaving an only …