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A History of the County of Buckingham
… population is occupied in agriculture and duck breeding. A little straw-plait is still made, but the industry is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… changes the appearance of the old village has altered little since the mid-19th century. 11 Many of the cottages, … including the Abbot of Thame and 3 socagers, holding a little over 10 virgates in all. Nineteen villeins held a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Thomas conveyed the manors of Weston Mauduit, Milcote, and Little Dorsington, among others, to William and Mary for … which was then said to include 8 virgates in Weston, 7 in Little Dorsington, and 1 acre in Gloucestershire. 65 Sir John … the chancel is not of one build with the nave and may be a little later. There was a contemporary south chapel or aisle …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… pattern of farming in the parish had apparently changed little by the early 20th century. A market garden on 6 a. … the three parishes between 1829 and 1831 was c. 312, a little below the average for a Wiltshire living. 221 In 1535 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… for which they gave him a sum of money, and their manor of Little Chart in see-farm, as therein mentioned. 1 The … 1699, gave to the poor of this parish a parcel of land in Little Chart and Westwell, containing one acre, and now …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wickham and her son John sold it in 1721 to George Houghton, a clothier. 120 In 1728 Houghton (will proved 1760) settled the property on his … with Anne Webb, who succeeded him at Iford. 121 From Anne Houghton (will proved 1782) the small estate passed to her …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of contemporary date. The less important rooms contain little of particular interest, though much good 18th-century …
A History of the County of Surrey
… The old church stood in the present churchyard, a little to the north of the existing structure. There are in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is at the east end. The fair ground is on Wey Hill, a little way west of the village. A Roman villa on the north … we find the lord claiming a brown cow as heriot, 25 and a little later there is an order that the tenants shall, in … of the rectory house, the tenants of Ramridge were little by little drawing the trade of the fair on to their …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Fillands wood, c. 18 a. north of the village, there was little woodland in the parish in the mid 19th century or in … the later 19th century, but otherwise the village changed little until the 20th century. Six council houses and c. five … Whaddon c. 1242 and in 1279, 123 and Lavendon still held a little land there at its dissolution in 1536. 124 That land …