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A History of the County of Bedford
… father of John Bunyan) when bird's nesting in the Bury wood discovered a nest containing three young rooks whose … Hotot, his mother-in-law, who had made waste and sale in a wood in the parish contrary to the interest of Geoffrey. 23 …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Dunstable he gave in compensation to the men of Houghton a wood called Buckwood. 8 Though the lords of the vill claimed …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… being principally arable, although there are 373 acres of wood and 357 of permanent grass. 2 A small fishing industry … is continued, which was a small kitchen, or perhaps a wood-shed. It opened on the north to the novices' room, and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 2 This was an ancient forest region. Hovingham Wood is mentioned in 1086 3 and that of Coulton in 12223, 4 … park, mentioned in 1830, 6 still exists as Hovingham Park Wood. There was a forester for Coulton in 1305 7 and a wood … of Maud his wife granted Poketo Mill in Fryton near the Hay of Slingsby with the suit of his men of Fryton to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… name it was not long afterwards alienated to Edmund atte Wood, who died in the 5th year of queen Elizabeth, and was … Hollingborne church, in which name it staid till Richard Wood leaving a sole daughter and heir Eleanor, she carried …
A History of the County of Worcester
… on a brick base, with small attached Ionic columns of wood and well-carved capitals. An original oaken gate with … the open sides of the porch are divided by three moulded wood shafts. The exterior of the building has been repaired, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Windsor. To the north-east of Walter's Ash beyond Courn's Wood is the hamlet of North Dean, once the property of Sir … mile further in the same direction are Piggott's Farm and Wood belonging to the Earl of Buckinghamshire. Hughenden is … Mill Field and Mill Field Grove 19 (xix cent.); Theeds Wood (xx cent.). MANORS In 1086 HUGHENDEN MANOR, formerly …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… woodland in the parish, 3 and by the 19th century Gopher wood, 22 a. on Draycot Hill, was all that remained. 4 The … arable and about 50 a. of meadow land. Apart from Gopher wood, then 19 a., the upland was divided almost equally …
A History of the County of Somerset
… king's forces in 1646. 50 In 1791 it was described as of wood, standing on four stone piers. 51 The present bridge, … administered. Buildings on the demesne in 1302 included a hay barton and a cowshed by the park. 82 There were two barns … oxen, cows, sheep, horses, pigs, and bees, growing corn, hay, and beans, and among other effects a boat with fishing …