Search
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… which, scorning all the vantage ground of Kirkby-hill, has stood in the vale, trusting only to her own iron … 30 Sept. 1622. These lands, which include the Castle-hill, are now the estate of Morton John Davison, of Beamish, …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… to Joan Morell, my daughter-in-lawe, xv s." to Christopher Hill, my brother in lawe, xl s.; to my sister-in-lawe … one shilling for Easter dues, paid to the Rector by Harden farm, the property of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq. M. P. 28 Scots …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… I saw scant half a mile of it, Lomeley Castel upon a hill, having praty wood about it; and about Chester self is … The Curate has corn tithe of the copyholds and Moss close farm; he receives a modus in lien of hay tithe for Urpeth … it also frequented a green mound near the well ( the Worm Hill), where it lapped itself nine times round, leaving …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… country. The site is on the gradual Eastern slope of a hill, whose foot is washed by the water of Skerne. The main … Wearmouth, Esq. grants 20 acres, called Nicholson's Hill, to Francis Forster. 29 April 1619, Francis and Henry … and Dog and Gun, and a field adjoining to Geneva-house farm, belonging to John Trotter, Esq. The copyhold manor of …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… is now let into the wall on the left of the door of the farm-house. The Gate-house perhaps stood where traces of … Inq. p. m. 8 Car. See Hurworth. Owner of Fighting-cock's-farm. Hungerele. A few closes near Stodday, close to the … and several neat lodgings in the village and in adjoining farm-houses, particularly at the Wood-head, immediately above …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… cottages scattered round a small green on the descent of a hill washed by the Birdenhope beck, which falls to the … rent 10 l. 16 s. 6 d. A modus of 5 s. is paid from every farm for hay; all other tithes are paid in kind. The whole …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… 1. Egglescliffe; 2. Aislaby, which includes Trafford Hill. Newsham in this Parish is considered as within the … the manor of Egglescliffe to Thomas Wood, D. D. Bishop of Lichfield 6, who, in 1690, devised this estate to his nephew, … sold a great part to Mr. Consett for 1600 l. reserving a farm of 130 l. per ann; from what remains he pays 20 l. per …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… The ii d in High Stotfold Moor, in a corner beneath a hill close by the beck side, butting on Mr. Maire's land, in … parish of Sedgefield. The iii d in a corner of Amerstone farm, North-west of the Gill, between Sir Edward Smith's land … country to the South and East, with the lofty Beacon-hill on the North-west. The nave, divided from the chancel by …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… In 1551, the Burgesses were in possession of Wynde Mylne hill, Langflatt, and Stone-flatt. In 1563, they litigated … Murum has been also conjectured to be Welton near Harlow Hill, or perhaps still more probably Halton Chesters. At all … antiquary would derive the name from the situation, the hill of the sloping descent. The Bull close much more …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… appropriating part of it to the tenant of the Hospital farm, and added a kitchen and two chambers to the Master's … in the township of Seaton-Carrow; with the moiety of a farm-house and stables in the village of Seaton, and of ten stints on Seaton Marsh. [The other moiety of this farm, which was purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty, belongs …