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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … valued in the king's books at 13; net income, 70; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… in. (a)liii. N.E. (b)liv. N.W.) Woodham Walter is a parish and small village 2 m. W. of Maldon. The principal monuments are the Church and the Bell Inn. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. … The walls are of red brick with limestone dressings, and the roofs are tiled. The whole church, consisting of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. Further E. the land falls and the Chalk is soon overlain by Reading Beds and London Clays which give rise to a well-wooded area, at … from 200 ft. to 120 ft., drained by streams flowing S. and S.E. Bagshot Beds in the S.E. of the parish result in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WOODMANCOTE Woodmancote lies north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it comprised 2,239 a. and in 1971 it had 905 ha. (2,236 a.). 51 In 1985 some land … at Morley manor. 60 About 1840 there were c. 300 a. of woods in the parish, chiefly in the south, 61 as later. There …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for 482, and the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is principally … union of Basingstoke, hundred of Mainsborough, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 8 miles (S. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 a. and Morley manor farm 292 a.; 76 Morley Park farm had 166 a. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woodmancote Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WOODMANCOTE was held in 1066 by Countess Guda, and in 1086 of William de Braose by William son of Rannulf, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years from 1733. 50 Until 1764 their arrangement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … 34 The chapel acquired a measure of independence and was unusually closely controlled by the town corporation. …