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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it from the other parishes of the same name within this county; and it is sometimes called, in the neighbourhood of … the principal seat of which was at Swanscombe, in this county. 1 William, son of William de Montchensie, who died … 1783, the present vicar. See Swanscombe, vol. ii. of this history, p. 404. Rym Fd. vol. xv. p. 373. See Fox's Martyrs, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to entertain queen Elizabeth in her progress through this county in 1573, but he neither lived to finish his designs … gave up this seat, together with his other estates in this county. Thomas Hawkins, esq. married Mary, the daughter of … a valuable book, often made use of in the course of this history. 7 From him Colkins descended down to Mr. William …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. George in Bourn, 68 once part of Picot's estate, whose history is treated below. The estate thus formed, the largest … 16 a. of Gilbert Pecche for bearing his shield to the county boundary when he went to war. Several free tenements … was refused because the king would lose a mark from the county farm. 272 The priory, however, had a court by c. 1500, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Bourton-on-the-Hill lies in the northeast part of the county on the eastern slopes of the Cotswolds overlooking … with the rest of Westminster Abbey's property in the county. The village was apparently divided, 4 but over the … 120 a. in Bourton for them at inclosure. 112 Economic History. The land in Bourtonon-the-Hill, assessed at 10 hides …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 8. Narrow Bridge 9. Payne's Bridge 10. The Green 11. Victoria Hall 12. Old Baptist Manse 13. Baptist church 14. … been wide enough for one team at a time, was rebuilt as a county bridge c. 1805; 67 it was again widened and rebuilt in … Co. 120 The village figured briefly in England's political history in 1644 when Charles I and the Prince of Wales lodged …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and others in 12423 is noticed below. 108 Economic History. Nearly all the land of Bower Chalke was held by …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… edition of which contains valuable material for the history of Bowes. John Railton, brother of the heroine of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Boxford on the east. 25 In 1374 Bartholomew Blaket of the county of Oxford released to Aumary de St. Amand and others … member of the manor of Benham (q.v.), and their subsequent history is identical. 29 When the manor of Benham became …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… parish noted, as well for the famous assembly of the whole county, held at Pinenden heath, within the boundaries of it, … of Boxley. From its situation almost in the middle of the county or shire of Kent, this heath has been time out of mind … in 1143, and Camden, in 1145. See vol. i. of this History, p. lx. Dugd. Mon. vol. i. p. 827. See this charter …
A History of the County of Northampton
… mill and windmill, the last surviving post mill in the county. The parish lies mostly at a height of about 300 ft., …