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A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Dodington DODINGTON The ancient parish of Dodington, probably so named after the Domesday occupier, Dodo, 1 lies on the north-eastern slope of the Quantocks west of Nether …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… St. Andrew 1 is 5 km. east of Shaftesbury (Dors.) in the south-west corner of Wiltshire. 2 Most of its lands and … Dissolution. 93 Ferne was held of the abbey before 1256 by Walter le Despenser, and in 1256 by Walter of Middlemarsh who … earl of Selkirk, 60 Eaton Place, Lond.; Mr. D. Knight, Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Wambrook, Chard, Som.; Mr. A. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… DONHEAD ST. MARY Donhead St. Mary 1 is a large parish in the south-west corner of Wiltshire adjoining Shaftesbury … inn in 1859 78 and 1985. Several other houses, including Knight's Barn Farm, were built between 1773 and 1840, and … Court farm. 122 The farm descended with Ferne manor to Sir Walter Grove, Bt., who sold it, by then enlarged and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Dorchester DORCHESTER The composition of the ancient parish of Dorchester is … effigies, is a large recumbent figure of a cross-legged knight dating from the reign of Edward I. 507 It is possible … branch lived at Burcot. 565 In the early 17th century Walter Day, fisherman, and his wife Grace, and also Richard …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 23 miles south-west of London, 12 miles east of Guildford. The market was claimed by the Earl of Warenne and Surrey in … was part of the waste of the manor of Milton. Mr. James Walter was buying land in Milton Manor in 1753, 15 and he … was a small reputed manor held by service of half a knight's fee of the manor of Reigate. 61 A Thomas de Bradley …
A History of the County of Worcester
… This small parish, which contains only 820 acres, lies on the road from Worcester to Alcester, which runs through it on … by Peter de Studley or Corbucion, who was then holding a knight's fee in Worcestershire (evidently Dormston) of the … in 1327 24 and 13323. 25 He may have been followed by Sir Walter Hewet, who was holding the manor at some date before …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parishes Dorney DORNEY Dornei (xi cent.). The parish of Dorney covers an area of 1,133 acres, of which … the treble by William Eldridge, 1698; the second by Ellis Knight, 1631, inscribed 'Prayes the Lord'; the third by … bestowed in free socage to hold for 6 s. 8 d. a year on Walter Coppinger and Thomas Butler. 104 CHARITIES Mrs. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 400 permanent grass and 6 woods and plantations. 1 In 1901 the population was only 58, a slight increase on that of the … manor as mesne lord under William de Beauchamp. 8 In 1166 Walter de Doverdale held the manor by the service of one knight's fee, 9 and early in the 13th century William and …
Magna Britannia
… Doveridge DOVERIDGE, more properly Dovebridge, lies on the river Dove on the borders of Staffordshire, about two … whose heiress, about the year 1356, brought it to Sir Walter Cokesey. Sir Hugh Cokesey, grandson of Sir Walter, … of Church Notes describes an alabaster monument of a Knight, with his effigies in armour, with the date of 1536, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1882 Dowdeswell parish, which formerly included most of the hamlet of Andoversford, lies at the edge of the Cotswold … it was grazed by a herd of 150 deer. 33 In 1824 the owner Walter Lawrence enlarged it northwards to take in part of … 181 By 1166 Dowdeswell and Pegglesworth were held as 1 knight's fee by Humphrey de Bohun, whose widow Margaret held …