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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… advantages of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was … and the inhabitants, abandoning the city, retired to the river-island Bevere, in which they fortified themselves, … reign of Richard I. or of John, founded here a priory of Black canons in honour of the Holy Cross and St. John the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Holdfast and other villages borde= ring upon the said river of Seaverne who worke with forestalling netts which … not, they drive backe, that they cannot come up the said river; and by reason thereof your petitioners are like to perish, the said river being thus destroyed for fishing; your petitioners …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… a wooden bridge standinge uppon arches of stone, over the river of Teame in Teamburie afforesaid, beinge a markett …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 5 of one Jackson's and one of a certeyne woman called Black Besse, all lately deceassed and these 17 children are … tymber bridge consistinge of seaven arches over the river of Avon in the parish of Eckington fitt and convenient …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… owners thereof, and after the Talbotes. The priory of the black canons there was a thing of great building and a place …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… grieces; and in the nave is a stone with this legend in black letter, without a date. [Inscription in nave floor] On …
A History of the County of Essex
… century onwards, included strips in meadows alongside the river. Some were called 'half-year lands' in the 19th … including the 8 a. of land, partly bordering the river Stour, which Thomas le Harpur gave to the prioress and … there was woodland for 116 swine. 57 Alder groves near the river Stour were recorded in the early 13th century. 58 A …
A History of the County of Essex
… THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles … on a relatively high plain which drains northwards to the river Stour and southwards to the river Colne. From the Stour … Church Road, includ- ing the 16th-century Newhouse. 76 The Black House, formerly the workhouse, and Elizabeth's are part …