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A History of the County of Oxford
… less than half a mile from the Roman road which marks the county boundary. Its name Finmere means 'pool frequented by … and manorial rights lapsed. 101 Economic and Social History. Domeday Book records that on the Bishop of Bayeux's …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… then had a succession of tenants until 1946 when Lady Victoria (d. 1963) and Lady Susan Hicks Beach (d. 1965) went … for a rent-charge of 64 16 s. in 1840. 109 Economic History. Fittleton, rated at 10 hides, had land for 12 … to Sandleford Priory (Berks.) in exchange for land in that county. 203 There is no record of presentation by Sandleford, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… The parish of Fladbury lies in the south-east of the county between Evesham and Pershore and was described in the … Beauchamp Earl of Warwick in 1396, was escheator for the county of Worcester in 1402, and Constable of Elmley Castle … Fladbury belonging to the rectory manor. 223 Nash in his History of Worcestershire mentions that it was a custom of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Flamstead parish, on the Bedfordshire border of the county, covers an area of nearly 5,491 acres, of which, in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… a local position sufficient for John to be sheriff of the county in the reign of Henry III. Tracing back their fees to … with Elizabeth his wife, was in possession in 1666. 81 The history of the manor during the eighteenth century is …
A History of the County of Bedford
… manor to Thomas Cecil and Philip Boulde in 1552. 98 Its history is afterwards identical with the manor, and in the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 'the largest belonging to Mr. Hawker of . . . in the county of Gloucester.' Mr. Lyttelton, then lord of the manor, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… among all those granted to him which was situated in this county. 4 The Giffards were lords of Longueville, in … that the reduction of service found so frequently in the county at this time had also taken place here. Consequently … Castel, to his grandson Castel Sherard. 59 Its subsequent history is again uncertain. Castel Sherard was dealing with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 48 Baker's Farm is of the early 18th century. Economic History. A field system of some 230 a. north of the … Educ., List 21 (H.M.S.O.);ex inf. Chief Education Officer, County Hall, Trowbridge. Ex inf. the Revd. J. Ellis. Endowed …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… court was being converted into a house in 1984. Economic History. Agriculture. Fonthill Gifford was an estate of 5 … Dene in 1810. It was transferred to Hindon in 1934 and its history has been related with that of Hindon. 385 Education. …