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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was … formerly part of Shapwick. Domesday mentions Wichemetune and two Hemedeswordes (East and West Hemsworth), ( V.C.H., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a town and parish 9 m. N.E. of Chelmsford. The Church, the Burgh, the House (41), Howbridge Hall and the Barn (54), are the principal monuments. … the High Street of Chipping Hill. The walls are of flint and pebble-rubble, in parts mixed with brick; the vestry is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Witherslack 112 … The walls are of local rubble with sandstone dressings and the roofs are slate-covered. The church was founded as a … of Beetham in 1664 by John Barwick, Dean of St. Paul's, and actually built about two years later. The earlier chapel …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which contains …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… an Iron Age 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the … There were also Romano-British potsherds, a piece of iron and a skeleton, possibly in association. 2 Romano-British pottery has been found at SP 05021429 and 05321432 (see Chedworth, p. 24). The straight stretch of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… predominantly agricultural, with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 … to farm it from the manor house until the 17th century, and agricultural buildings there remained in use by local … into Curbridge at the borough's foundation, while detached woods in Hailey and Crawley townships were usually also kept …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs from the early 13th century, though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief commercial, …