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A History of the County of Warwick
… in the 13th century. 11 Woolscott, mile north-east of the church, consists of a few farmhouses dating from the 17th … Leofric upon his Priory of Coventry, 12 and in 1086 the Church of Coventry was holding 8 hides 1 virgate here. 13 At … was in the hands of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary of Warwick. 3 Part of this same holding of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The village street zigzags south-east instead towards the church and manorhouse, between closes that may once have been … just east of it, 19 called High Street, as far as the church. Under Charles II there were c. 30 dwellings. 20 The … there by 1300. 151 In 1307 he acquired from Geoffrey Church of Harston c. 50 a. 152 which Geoffrey's father …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… manor. 35 Mauduit. Paly wavy or and gules. Plan of Grately Church Church The church of ST. LEONARD consists of a chancel 24 ft. 5 in. by …
A History of the County of Hertford
… forms a part of the western boundary of the parish. The church of St. Mary lies a little way off the high road on the … its original chimney stacks. A little to the south of the church is Graveley Bury, a 17th-century farm-house with … a mile east is the hamlet of Chesfield with its ruined church or chapel of St. Etheldreda, adjoining which is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… hills in it, a light soil of both sand and gravel. The church stands in the eastern part of the parish, having … kingdom of Kent tributary to him, for the use of Christ-church, Canterbury, as appears by the leiger book of that … Gravene then computed at thirty-two hides of land, to the church; and it was afterwards confirmed to it in anno 941, by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and fertile grounds. The town of Gravesend, having the church on the west side of it, lies on a descent towards the … happened at Gravesend, which burnt down and destroyed the church and one hundred and ten houses, being the greatest … and 4 villeins, with 8 servants, having 2 oxen. There is a church and 1 hythe. In the time of king Edward the Confessor …
A History of the County of Essex
… area of the town extended no farther north than the church. 13 Bridge Road and Argent Street already existed, … to creep northwards, but most of it still lay south of the church, and it seems that most of the new inhabitants, since … buildings, including all the ancient ones apart from the church, were demolished. The southern end of High Street …
A History of the County of Northampton
… been found. 1 At the northern end of the village is the church, and grouped near it, on the eastern side of the road, … Vere and the Abbey of Croyland confirming a grant to the church (q.v.) gives various place names, such as Sleng near … of land in Addington, with a fishery, the advowson of the church of the vill, and a virgate of land in another [Little] …
A History of the County of Warwick
… from Alcester to Aston Cantlow and Henley-in-Arden. The church and Manor Farm lie north of the road near the west … At the corner of the main road and the path to the church is a timber-framed cottage with a thatched roof; and … the Henley-in-Arden road), Copton Field 32 (north of the church), and Hogshead Field 33 (towards the west end of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of the Reading Bed. On the hill-side above is the church with the stocks now much repaired, and close by are … with trees, above whose swelling tops Ascends the tall church tow'r and loftier still The hill's extended ridge.' 16 … little hamlet of Woolensbrook, where there is a mission church served from Great Amwell. The 15th-century form of …