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A History of the County of Essex
… paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at hay-time and two or three men to the boon works, … that the water pent up for Sir Bernard Whetstone's mill flooded the highway. 24 By 1635 the mill had been … artificial slate, was demolished before 1811. 38 Sir James's son Sir George invented a method of cutting stone pipes, …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … quite uncommonly complete stretch' of them near St. Mary's church in South Woodford, 'some in generous gardens'. 62 At …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The boundaries of the manor then stretched westwards … cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; …
A History of the County of Essex
… among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope assigned this church, among others, … succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Woodham Ferrers 103. WOODHAM FERRERS. (E.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)liii. S.E. (b)lxi. N.E. (c)lxi. S.E.) Woodham Ferrers is a parish … original plan no doubt consisted of a central block with cross-wings at the E. and W. ends, but the E. cross-wing has …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Woodham Walter 108. WOODHAM WALTER. (G.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)liii. N.E. (b)liv. N.W.) Woodham Walter is a … Parish Church of St. Michael (Plate p. 271) stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of red brick with … was built in the 15th century with a central Hall and cross-wings at the E. and W. ends. Late in the 16th century a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Woodhurst 96. WOODHURST (D.d.). (O.S. 6 in. XIX N.W.). Woodhurst is a parish and village 3 m. N. … 12th century. In the middle of the following century the S. arcade was built and a S. aisle added. The South Aisle was … date. It is carried on the W. wall of the nave and on a cross-beam, further E., supported by a stop-chamfered post in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodlands 25 WOODLANDS (0509) (O.S. 6 ins., SU 00 NE, SU 00 NW, SU 01 SW) Woodlands covers … above O.D. the land rises gently, on Chalk, to a low N.-S. ridge capped by Reading Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. … unknown. The first floor rests on plain beams, square in cross-section. All partitions are of timber. The E. wing was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… road and of the road from Crouch Hill in Henfield to High Cross in Albourne 96 had resulted in 1813 in ribbon … of the parish; remains of the agger were found near Terry's Cross in the south-west corner. 10 The chief east-west road … east led from Blackstone by way of Cuckolds Green to Terry's Cross, mentioned in 1647. 16 In 1628 it was called the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … Woodmancott WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, Eastern … a parish, in the union of Peterborough, hundred of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, of a mile (S. W. by W.) from …