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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Lecford (xi cent.); Lekford (xiv cent.). The parish of Leckford covers an area of 2,267 acres, of which 3 5 acres … century, 49 when it came into the possession of St. John's College, Oxford, to which it still belongs. 50 In 1908 the … recovery (Recov. R. East. 3 Geo. I, rot. 28). St. John's College presented in 1743 (Inst. Bks. P.R.O.). Ibid. Pope …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Laga, i. e. a place which lies sheltered. The parish of Lee is but small, it lies low and flat, excepting towards … bounds it westward, and separates the two manors of Lee and Eltham. The village stands nearly in the middle of … for ever to place one poor person in Queen Elizabeth's college, in Greenwich, founded by the will of William …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called in Latin, from him, Ledani Castrum, and in process of time in English, LEEDS. This castle was afterwards … their house. And the bishop, being rather desirous for the health of his soul, than the repayment of the money, founded … p. 214. Irish Peer. vol. iii. p. 172 et seq. In the British Museum, among the Harleian MSS. are several pedigrees …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1911, 481; 1921, 448; 1931, 466. The eastern boundary 2 of the parish is formed by the River Avon between Chesford … on the north and Guy's Cliffe Mill on the south. Just west of the mill the road from Warwick enters the parish, running … of All Saints and by his son Earl Roger in 1123 to his College of St. Mary at Warwick. 78 Part of this land, lying …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Leigh LEIGH The small parish of Leigh, known locally as 'the Lye', 1 lies mainly between … parish had in the 20th century a flourishing branch of the British Legion which met in a small hut at Coombe Hill. … to Richard Pate, 115 who conveyed them to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for the maintenance of the free school in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Stanbrig, Stanbrugge (xiixiv cent.). The ancient parish of Leighton Buzzard, comprising the town of Leighton Buzzard … of St. Dunstan. 19 During the tenure of the manor by Eton College two extra fairs were bestowed in 1447 one on the … and Sedgers. The remains of a circular earthwork, probably British in origin, once existed in Craddock's field, near St. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… LENHAM. NORTHWARD from Boughton Malherb, close at the foot of the chalk-hills, lies Lenham, written in the book of … as they say, for Durolenum, and the latter, in the British language, signifying the water Lenum, induced them, … which name it was alienated to Dr. Ludwell, late of Oriel college, Oxford, whose widow Mrs. Elizabeth Ludwell, gave it …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xiv cent.); Upledecombebasset (xv cent.). The parish of Letcombe Bassett lies on the north side of the Berkshire … 1530, 48 but in 1532 he released all his interest to the college for 20. 49 The Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, are the present holders of the manor. The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xvi cent.); Nether Letcombe (xvii cent.). The village of Letcombe Regis lies at the foot of the Berkshire downs, … type, on the top of the downs above the village. 4 British and Roman coins and the remains of a Roman villa have … in 1893 with the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 6 who are the present patrons, but the dean …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… It adjoins westward to Surry, and southward to the hundred of Bromley and Beckenham. This place, called in antient … by his gift, part of the possessions of the chantry or college of St. Laurence Poultney in London, then newly … as large riches; and it remained in the possession of the college till its suppression, in the reign of king Edward VI. …