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A History of the County of Hertford
… and Hinxworth, and in Biggleswade and Stotfold in the county of Bedford. The legacy was laid out in 7 a. 3 r. 18 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1952 it was bought by Jesus College. 83 Economic History. There were 10 hides in Balsham in 1086. Five hides … Home Missionary chapel, a station of the Cambridgeshire County Union and Home Missionary Society, a Congregational …
A History of the County of Somerset
… some time in Jamaica in the early 19th century. 54 Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838 was celebrated with a dinner … in the later 20th century as two dwellings. 133 ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture When it was surveyed in 1086 the estate, … in 1925, following advice from Francis Eeles of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 368 The churchyard was enclosed …
Magna Britannia
… of Bampton was given to the abbot of Buckland in this county, and the great tithes appropriated to that monastery. … oat-malt at 3 s. 8 d., barley at 9 s. The justices of the county raised contributions to send to Dantzic for rye." … was buried Major John Gabriel Stedman, who published the History of Surinam, and died in the year 1797. There is no …
A History of the County of Surrey
… is an unmistakable barrow, and one of the largest in the county. It used to be the site of a fire beacon, and at the … in 1885, and enlarged in 1901. In 1857 a school, now County Council, was built in the village, and enlarged in … opened in 1906. A great feature of Banstead is the London County Lunatic Asylum on Banstead Downs, originally opened in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and the high rate of servants wages in this part of the county. These expences oblige the landholder to make the most … more open and champion than the other parts of this county usually are. In the year 694, Withred, king of Kent, … been held at Beckenham, at the western extremity of this county; but Bapchild has full as much similitude of name, …
A History of the County of Warwick
… held under Osbern at Hillborough and Ipsley (q.v.) in this county and in Keysoe, Risely and 'Elvendone' in Bedfordshire, … to Simeon Chambers and William Holman. 49 Its subsequent history is obscure, but by 1709 it was in the hands of Lord …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted the reversion to Robert de Ardern. 104 Its later history cannot be traced but it is evidently that referred to … of par. council. V.C.H. Oxon. ii. 31011. Ibid. i. 3312. County Museum, P.R.N. 1735. V.C.H. Oxon. i. 408; Rot. Hund. … MSS. Oxf. Dioc. d 558, f. 37; d 561, f. 41; b 6, f. 165. County Museum, P.R.N. 4122 (plan). V.C.H. Oxon. i. 421, where …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… vicarage of Spaldwick. Both the lay and the ecclesiastical history of Barham follow those of Spaldwick (q.v.). The …