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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, of which about 1000 are arable, 1000 pasture, 500 wood, and 500 mountain moorland; the soil is generally clay. … is boldly varied, and the scenery richly embellished with wood; the prevailing timber is oak, of which there are some … The church, a small ancient edifice, with a tower of wood, is pleasantly situated on an eminence. Henney, Little …
A History of the County of Sussex
… three swine in 1086 may have lain outside the parish. 54 A wood called Wantley, apparently south of the Chess brook, was mentioned in 1376, and Wantley wood in 1518; 55 the north-east part of the parish was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the interest on £2,000 was settled in 1837, by Mrs. Wood of Chestham Park and William Borrer of Barrow Hill, on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of New Hall ( c. 530 a.) and Robert Curzon (507 a.), Mrs. Wood of Chestham Park ( c. 715 a.), and William Borrer of … area surrounded by country which was covered with wood or heath in Saxon times. 90 The place names Wantley and … bridge and the river Adur similarly all belonged to Mrs. Wood of Chestham Park and Sir Timothy Shelley. At the same …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Frederick was owner in 1910. 60 The commissioners remained lords of the manor, however, in the 20th century. 61 Sites of … and Francis Warre, 70 who in 1748 sold the manor to John Wood 71 (d. 1764 or 1765). John's son and heir Henry 72 had … VI/4/1, f. 51. V.C.H. Suss. i. 390. The Ch. Commissioners, lords of Stretham, still held mining rights at Woods mill, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… moulded. In the N. wall are two windows with 18th-century wood frames; the eastern window was formerly similar to the …
Henley and the Chilterns
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… metropolis, and one of a number of loading places for fuel wood, which was also carried downriver. Its success was … over pastoral husbandry. 7 In the early 14th century lords retained demesnes of differing sizes (the absentee … was by then largely self-governed through the town guild. Lords of Henley manor were major national figures who were …
Henley: Boundaries, Landscape and Population
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… extended up the hillside to encompass much of Lambridge Wood, the site of Henley park, and the small medieval … with Bix, followed a complex course through Lambridge Wood, along fields and roads, and through the hamlet of Lower … is chalk, overlain on the higher ground around Lambridge Wood and Henley park with patches of clay-with-flints, around …