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A History of the County of Durham
… STOCKTON ON TEES Stocton, Stoketon, c. 1200. The parish of Stockton on Tees, formed in 1713 out of what had long been … in Lond. Gaz. 1 Aug. 1882, p. 3595. There is a copy in the British Museum. Dict. Nat. Biog. (suppl.). Richmond, Local … 81). Dur. Rec. cl. 5, no. 6, m. 22; cf. m. 43. Ibid. 66. British ships paid 1 s. 10 d. for anchorage and plankage and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… introduced by the early 13th century, 2 implies ownership of a place named Stoke by a lord of whom no post-Conquest trace has been found. The Domesday … next vicar, James Talman, was resident chaplain at Bromley College (Kent), and his successor, George Trevelyan (vicar …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xvi and xvii cents.). Stoke Charity is a small parish of only 1,841 acres, three of which are water supplied by the Test, a tributary of which … accounts, now in the possession of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, are complete from 1549 to 1728, with entries …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1948 it lost to Ardley 685 acres, including its hamlet of Fewcot, and has since comprised 3,216 acres. 2 The parish … Elizabeth Shiers, well known as a benefactress of Exeter College. 163 Bainton, however, seems to have been sold in … cathedral church of the new see of Oxford. 229 When the college was refounded in 1547, the rectory was not among its …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Stoke by Aylesbury, Stoke Maundevile, xiv cent. The parish of Stoke Mandeville lies in the Vale of Aylesbury and now contains over 1,499 acres of land. Until … assistantkeeper of the natural history section of the British Museum, and was keeper from 1807 till his death in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiv cent.). Stoke Poges parish, including a detached part of 260 acres at Ditton, contains an area of 3,448 acres, of … Gray could have obtained his 'Distant Prospect of Eton College,' and a maze planted in 1893. 24 The house was … chapel for the daily celebration of divine service for the health of the royal family, of himself, his wife, his father …
A History of the County of Worcester
… large parish lying in mid-Worcestershire to the north-east of the town of Droitwich. It has an area of 3,835 acres, 1 of … on the farm. Near the Reformatory is the Colonial Training College, which has for its object the practical training in … the dean and chapter to enfranchise and sell to the British Alkali Company 8 acres of land called Lower Leasow …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Stoke sub Hamdon STOKE SUB HAMDON The ancient parish of Stoke sub Hamdon, commonly called Stoke under Ham, covers … into lay hands in 1548 on the dissolution of the secular college, when it was leased to Elizabeth Darrell, already … not been able to officiate myself through an ill state of health'. He added that since the tithe estate was so large in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Stoke Talmage STOKE TALMAGE The parish is a small one of 869 acres and so far as is known its boundaries have not … shape and lies between Watlington and Thame to the north of the Chilterns. It stretches from Haseley Brook on the … the influence of powerful bodies see the case of Merton College and Cuxham in an unpublished thesis by Mr. P. Harvey. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiv cent.). Stokenchurch is a large parish on the border of Oxfordshire of nearly 5,920 acres, including 2,427 of … 109 The reversion was granted to Cardinal Wolsey for his college at Oxford in 1528, but was resumed by the Crown in … the priory estates to Cardinal Wolsey in 1528 119 for his college at Oxford. 120 Further grants of the advowson of …