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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… building. In the western part of the parish is the large wood, formerly called Westwood, but for many years past the abbey wood, from its having belonged to the abbey of Lesnes, the … close below, on the north side. In the above mentioned wood there is great plenty of chesnut, both timber and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… edge of the plain] have been thickly planted with wood which as it advances in growth will give the seat an …
A History of the County of Surrey
… as consisting of 'a capital messuage, and lands, a wood, Esher farm, and the warren, late in the occupation of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… of Warwick, in 1447. It then contained 200 acres of wood, 200 acres of land and 20 acres of meadow and lay in … Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton. 7 It was then described as a wood called Essendine Park, and had been acquired before his …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of Essendon made in 1332 states that there were 8 acres of wood, worth 2 s. an acre, which might be felled every eighth … by Edward III, was the right to have a log from the wood at Essendon for their hearth every year at Christmas. 4 … which occur in the parish are the following: Panther's Wood, Hoppett's Wood, Poundfield Wood, Gobonescroft and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and that Walter le Teb of Eton had built the bridge of wood over the rivulet where no previous bridge was some fifty … 111 who in 1610 made a settlement of the manor on Tobias Wood and John Hilton in trusteeship. 112 This conveyance was … of the ante-chapel, was reconstructed in 16945. It is of wood with massive square newels and turned balusters of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… coffin-lid with an incised cross. On the south wall is a wood tablet to Anthony son of Sir Thomas Underhill, died 16 … his wife, 24 June 1603, with their arms painted on wood. Another brass has a coat of armsa cross flory within an … and four daughters. Above them is a painted shield on wood of the Underhill arms. These belonged to a monument to …
A History of the County of Worcester
… stands on the hillslope looking across to Crowthorn Wood, close to the left bank of the stream from which it is … into the eastern corner of Evenlode parish near Harcomb Wood. The following place-names occur in local records: …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Enford. 9 In the Middle Ages there was a scarcity of wood in the parish, for timber to inclose the lord's park was … but since that manor had passed to the earl of Hertford wood was not available for repairs. There were 40 a. of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… into this parish near Berry End, and is there known as Hay Wood and Wall Close. The church of St. John the Baptist and … memory. Wakes End Farm in the north, between Birchall's Wood and Briars Stockings Copse, is probably the site of the …