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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… xiv, xv cent.); Aylton (xvi cent.). 'In the district of Huntingdon, there is a certain township, to which … the manor, preserved at the Public Record Office and the British Museum, supply a very complete picture of manorial … in his will that he should be buried at Fotheringhay College, near to his grandfather, Sir Richard Sapcote. 135 …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… four Carucats. There afterwards Raph, the Man, or Tenant, of Roger de Busli, whose Fee it was, had four Car. three … Vill. having six Car. There were a Church and twelve Acres of Meadow. In King William's Time it kept the same Value it … who is Nephew to Henry More, D. D. Fellow of Christ College, in Cambridge, who was Nephew to Gabriel More, D. D. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Elworthy ELWORTHY The parish of Elworthy lies on the eastern slopes of the Brendon Hills 7 km. north of Wiveliscombe, much of it … as a hospital, a nurse was appointed, and a board of health set up. 84 There was a poorhouse in Cott Lane, in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 3,450 acres. Emmington lies in the plain on the north side of the Chilterns; it was bounded in the north by the county … Henry Wykeham, who in 1929 sold Emmington to Magdalen College, the present lord of the manor. Agrarian and Social … the manor, the descent of which it followed until Magdalen College in 1948 sold it to the Diocesan Board of Patronage. …
A History of the County of Rutland
… cent.). Empingham is a large parish comprising 4,875 acres of a loamy soil. The greater part of the area is arable land, with about 400 acres of woodland. … in 1722 of St. Thomas's Hospital, a trustee of the British Museum and Vice-President of the Foundling Hospital. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Eneburn (xiii cent.); Enedebourn (xiv cent.). The parish of Enborne lies to the south of the River Kennet, to the west of the borough of Newbury, … being dated 25 February 1815. 3 Some fragments of Romano-British pottery are said to have been found within the limits …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Enford ENFORD The parish of Enford lies in the north-east corner of Salisbury Plain … East Chisenbury, may have continued unbroken into Romano-British times. A street village of that period existed at … the Crown, which in 1543 granted the estate to Winchester College. 53 In 1551 Culpeper's elder brother Thomas …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (late xvii cent.). Epsom is a town 16 miles north-east of Guildford, 7 miles south-by-east of Kingston, 15 miles … It was constituted an urban district under the Public Health Act of 1848 on 19 March 1850. By the Local Government … on the slopes of the chalk in front of the present Medical College, between it and the town, were among the last to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… as Mr. Lambarde thinks, 1 mispelt by the Normans, instead of the Saxon word Leswes, which signifies pastures; but I should rather conjecture it to be derived from the old British word, lese, pastures, and nese, a promontory or cape, … Wolsey, cardinal of York, for the better endowment of his college, called the college of Thomas, cardinal of York, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parishes along the spring-line on the north-western edge of Salisbury Plain, is long and narrow in shape, straddling the edge of the Plain. The village lies in the centre of the parish … and in the north the Kimeridge Clay. 4 The branch line of British Railways (Western Region) from Westbury to Patney …