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A History of the County of Hampshire
… and 2 miles south-west from Hook station on the main line of the London and South Western Railway. The parish contains … are the Baroness Dorchester of Greywell Hill, Winchester College and Messrs. Herbert B. Thorp and William Palmer. The … then valued at 10 10 s. a year, on his newlyfounded College of Winchester, 15 in possession of which it has …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Upavon UPAVON Upavon lies at the head of the Christchurch Avon valley, where it opens into the Vale … east on Upavon Down and Upavon Hill related to the Romano-British settlement at Chisenbury Warren (in Enford). 19 The … by the king in 1456 for twenty years, granted to Eton College in 1459, but in 1461 restored to Ivychurch. 137 It …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Upchurch UPCHURCH LIES the next parish northward from that of Hartlip, and is so named from its high situation. This … who in the 26th year of Henry VI. settled it on the college of All Souls, in Oxford, then founded by him, mostly … since which it has continued among the possessions of that college, being at this time the inheritance of the warden and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… cent.). Upper Arley is a parish containing 3,969 acres, of which 50 acres are covered with water, on the Shropshire … cent.). 8 MANORS The manor of UPPER ARLEY was given to the college of Wolverhampton by Wulfrun, the founder, about 996. … Osbert Fitz Richard took by force from the canons. 10 The college of Wolverhampton with all its possessions was granted …
A History of the County of Bedford
… parishes, were united in 1888. Together they cover an area of 1,695 acres, of which 665 are arable land, 477 permanent … of the chantry, as in 1605 it is stated that Trinity College, Cambridge, was the patron of this benefice, 38 to … while the great tithes still belonged to Trinity College, Cambridge. 39 At the present day the rector of Lower …
A History of the County of Oxford
… HEYFORD or HEYFORD WARREN This oblong-shaped parish 1 of 1,628 acres has 1 miles of the River Cherwell for its western boundary and the Romano-British Aves Ditch for its eastern. 2 Neither its northern … rubble with ashlar quoins and was probably built for New College in the early 15th century. It measures 120 by 24 feet …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… north-west from Bourton-on-the-Water, is an ancient parish of 1,851 a. 1 and irregular shape stretching from the River … the southernmost stretch of Condicote Lane open. Romano-British burials on Copse Hill and Becky (or Beggy) Hill, 9 on … of the estate centred on Temple Guiting to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 105 Economic History. If, as seems likely, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Upper Stondon UPPER STONDON Standon (xi cent.). The parish of Upper Stondon contains 427.768 acres, of which 332 are arable land, 59 permanent grass, and 4 woods … in the north-eastern corner of Upper Stondon. Ancient British coins of copper and brass have been found in this …
A History of the County of Rutland
… (xii cent.); Uppyngham (xiv, xv cent.). The parish of Uppingham contains 1,463 acres of land, lying for the most … 139 Edmund Martin, D.D., 163137, President of Queens' College, Cambridge, royalist and theological writer; Jeremy … and is held subject to trusts to pay 1 per annum to the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1 per annum to the London …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… cent.); Vptone (xii cent.); Opton (xiii cent.). The area of the parish is 1,216 acres of clay land, growing cereals and beans. There are about 68 … moat survive. On the north side of the village is Christ's College Farm, another moated site. The existing house was …