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A History of the County of Oxford
… additional to those belonging to the college's Wolvercote farm, and to have been leased for 60 years or more, 26 but … of whose lands were leased to tenants. The largest single farm was probably the Worcester College estate; its tenants … and the trustees of the poor. 52 By 1871 the largest farm, presumably on the duke of Marlborough's land, was 200 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gravel terrace, as is the 19th-century Pear Tree Farm in the north-east. 59 The land rises from 60 m. or lower … a farmstead or small settlement at Wyke or Wycroft 'farm inclosure' on a patch of flood-plain gravel on the … the substantial St. John's College farmhouse, later Manor Farm, further north. The church stood somewhat isolated on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… derived from land sold by the younger George Owen. A farm bought by John Bell in 1611 was acquired in 1636 by St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… as the doorways. ConditionGood. (4). House, at Warren Farm, mile S.W. of Old Wolverton Church, is a small …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is varied, and the soil rests on chalk. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 46. 15. 7.; and in the … lakes. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Panxworth annexed, valued in the king's books at … of canal boats and barges are built. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and Shifnal. That part of Wombridge south of Priory Farm was put in the new parish, largely depriving Wombridge … 14 The glebe had comprised 23 a. in Shifnal and a 28-a. farm in Halesowen (Salop. and Worcs.) in 1843; by 1884 the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… sunk around Priorslee village and near Lower Woodhouse Farm in the 19th century. 14 Considerable changes in land … works was apparently the inability of the Windmill farm inclined plane (in Madeley) to raise fully laden boats; … op. cit. 66, 90-1, 114. B.L. Eg. MS. 2872, Lower Woodhouse farm, fields 5 and 6; S.R.O. 3092/2; above, Lilleshall, Econ. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… at Wombridge there was probably little more than Wombridge Farm, on the priory site. 2 In 1672 hearth tax was paid by … Street, probably marks the site of a medieval assart farm. 20 Priorslee Hall, north-east of the village, was the … at Snedshill for old-age pensioners. 43 Wombridge Farm was demolished c. 1965 and the speculative Newfield …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and Hollinswood, and to the north-east between Newfield Farm and Snedshill. The Greyhound and Lightmoor faults cross …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the priory buildings remained incorporated in Wombridge Farm until its demolition in 1965-6. 97 In 1695 Sir John … by the earl of Lincoln and Christopher Gowffe for a fee farm rent of £2 6 s. 8 d. 3 By 1621 the fee farm was owed by Francis Charlton, who died owning the rectory and tithes of Wombridge in 1642. The tithes were …