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A History of the County of Gloucester
… failed to present. William held the rectory for life, but at the next vacancy a vicar was instituted; 95 two … in 1537 to Henry, Earl of Worcester, 97 who held them at his death in 1549. 98 Henry, Lord Herbert, held the tithes … receive 40 s. and all altar dues, mortuaries, tithes of gardens and curtilages, and tithes of Aluredston mill, 9 and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the late 13th century, shortly before the … pears as well as livestock. 33 The continued importance of fruit-growing is revealed in the presence of cider-mills at … of pear called a Woolaston was recorded in 1801. 35 Potato gardens existed at High Woolaston and Keynsham farm in 1769, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1,735 a. which included the detached part of Sedgemoor at Penzoy awarded in 1795. 7 In 1885 Withy Leaze, a detached … numbered 294 in 1801 and rose steadily to 448 in 1841 when at least two men emigrated. 16 Numbers declined gradually to … described in the 1780s as a gentleman's seat with pleasant gardens. 16 The farm was divided up 17 but the house may be …
A History of the County of Sussex
… with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was annexed to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep bend of the River … and woodland, and there is another large block of woodland at its southern extremity. From the church, which lies at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with a splayed plinth, embattled parapet with gargoyles at the angles and an ashlar spire. The two-centred tower-arch … with hollow-chamfered edge and shaped stops at angles, 14th-century. In W. towerchest-of-drawers, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks … 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood Page; net … apartment, 115 feet in diameter, originally erected in the gardens of Carlton Palace by George IV., when Prince Regent, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… W. bay of the arcade is blocked by the Tower. The S. wall, at the E. end of the former nave, has a large projection with … with recessed angles, enriched mouldings and modelled fruit, flowers, etc.; the four angles have each a square … and foliage-ornament; within it is an oval band of fruit and flowers with scrolled foliage in the spandrels; in …
The Environs of London
… banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … 3. The soil, except in the marshes, is principally gravel. At the east end of the town is a chalk-pit, which has a … stratum abounding with the same extraneous fossils as that at Charlton. This parish pays the sum of 465l. 14s. 8d. which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Porch added; the upper part of the Tower was perhaps built at the same period. The church was restored in 1872 when the … of Wootton Fitzpaine The South Chapel (30 ft. by 11 ft. at E. end and 13 ft. at W. end) is of the 15th century and has a restored …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was … parish. To the north the land reaches 205 m. on the down at the western boundary, to the south, where it is undulating, it reaches 170 m. at the eastern boundary. The stream leaves the parish at 130 …