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A History of the County of Bedford
… Potton is a parish and ancient market town on the borders of Cambridgeshire, about 4 miles northeast from Biggleswade. It has an area of 2,676½ acres, of which 1,595½ are arable land, and 317½ … be seen on the left approaching Potton from Sandy. Ancient British gold coins have been found in this parish. 2 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Prescote PRESCOTE The lordship of Prescote (555 a.) lies on a spur of land, rising in the … village, 96 and after 1607 the lease from Brasenose College for 21 years of a house and 2 yardlands in Cropredy. … MMD I/5: inventory; M.I. at Cropredy. M.I. at Cropredy. Health Tax Oxon. 154. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 402, 403. B.N.C. Mun., …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… on the Cotswold escarpment five miles north-north-east of Cheltenham and two and a half miles west of Winchcombe, was an extraparochial place that became a … Ex inf. Mr. V. A. Newman, of Pardon Hill Farm. Ex inf. British Railways, Western Region. Payne, Glos. Survey, 203, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Preshute PRESHUTE The history of Preshute, which adjoins Marlborough on the south, north, … likely to be accounted for by the growth of Marlborough College. The population was 1,209 in 1861 but the expansion … 74. Chandler, op. cit. 75. Inf. from P.R. Dept., British Rail, W.R. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 296, 301, 306, 310. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Prestbury PRESTBURY The parish of Prestbury lies on the lower slopes of the Cotswold … 72 The upper story was used in 1964 by the Gloucestershire College of Art (for which a large new building was being … E. Carter, An Historical Geography of the railways of the British Isles (1959), 57. Kelly's Dir. Glos. (1906), 62; …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Bisshopes Preston (xiii cent.). The medieval parish of Preston formed a rectangle, 2 miles long from east to west … who under the Commonwealth became President of St. John's College, Oxford, and 'ArchVisitor' of the University, retired … Rec. Soc. xxvii, 1213. Published in 1604. A copy is in the British Museum. Land Rev. Misc. Bks., vol. cxcvi, fol. 4. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… near Faversham, to distinguish it from another parish of the same name near Wingham. THE HIGH ROAD from London to … is some mention made of the name of Barret, and in the British Museum, among the Harleian MSS. there are several … James, then the possessor of this estate, now in the British Museum. Harl. MSS. No. 245-25. Roll of Knights Fees …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xv cent.); Kandavor (xvii cent.). The parish of Preston Candover, containing 3,457 acres, lies on … including the manor of Moundsmere, passed to Winchester College by exchange with Henry VIII in 1543, the farmstead … from Queen Mary's largess given on her bridal visit to the college, 'the chyldren's hows at Mouseberie ( sic) for their …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Stour PRESTON ON STOUR Preston on Stour is a rural parish of 1,769 a. 1 3 miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies astride the River Stour, … Priory to Tewkesbury Abbey, the Provost of King's College, Cambridge, claimed to exercise the right to present …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); Dean Prior, Priors Dean (xviii cent.). The parish of Priors Dean lies to the east of Colemore and partly upon a … the priory of Southwick in the 14th century by Winchester College, 11 and was bought by John Baker, the warden of the college, for 200 marks in 1480. 12 The actual tenants for …