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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 … 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 17. … The living is annexed to the rectory of Houghton. The river Ouse passes through the parish. Witton WITTON, a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 miles … 1599 inhabitants. The village is situated on the Colne river, and much shipping belongs to the port: it has a …
A History of the County of Essex
… and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of the … of the parish on the Elmstead border mile from the river. That mill was apparently replaced by a windmill by …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form an estuary, covered 1,549 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… (3, 6, 7) Cropmarks (OS 1:10000 a SP 86 SE, b SP 96 SW) The parish, covering around 1145 hectares, lies S. of Wellingborough between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. boundary and Bedfordshire … OD, partly floored by clay but with extensive areas of river gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of … with several granges stretching across the parish from the river Wye to the Severn. Towards the Wye the parish is bounded by a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization is described below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been … in the parish had orchards. Some of the land near the river was planted with osiers and other bushes, and there may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … twice, whereas the more easterly route avoided any major river crossing. 69 The road from Wolvercote to Wytham crossed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal bailiff had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights … paid for the repair of bridges, a causeway, and the river banks, and, in the early 19th century, for the ditching …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. John. The site was … presumed site of the church. Finds of tiles in the modern river bank east of the site of the tower suggest that the …