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A History of the County of Essex
… Asylums board, and served until 1905, when the London County Council replaced her with a newly built ship of the … 113 It was demolished shortly before 1928. Economic History. Most of the parish remained agricultural until the … brewery, and owned some 120 public houses, including the Victoria hotel, Grays. In 1929, however, they were themselves …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Markham, Ch. Plate of Northants. 2. See above, under the history of the manor. Feet of F. Northants. Mich. 2829 Eliz. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in the hands of Ilbert, the first Norman sheriff of the county. 96 In 1086 the lord of the manor of Great Amwell …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cambridge, are divided by the river Granta. Although their history is recorded here in a single article, they were … a. 2 The southern boundary of Great Abington is also the county boundary; the northern boundary of Little Abington … mainly upon chalk, overlaid upon the high ground near the county boundary with boulder clay, and in the north part of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Little Barrington, lying on the eastern border of the county three miles west of Burford (Oxon.) and six miles east … civil parish of Barrington. In the pages that follow, the history of both parishes is given in a single narrative … inscribed stones visible in 1962 marked the course of the county boundary through the village. The land rises from 350 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the Hanwell Brook, which for a short distance is the county boundary, on the west; the boundaries with Cropredy on … some evidence to the contrary: certainly for much of its history the chapelry's leading figures have been small … was raised by the rate; of this nearly 10 was spent on the county rate, nearly 100 on poor-relief, and c. 13 on rents …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes and were distinct by the 13th century. 1 The history of the two parishes is combined in a single account … may have been built in the 17th century. 135 Economic History. Before the Conquest the 27 sokemen holding land in … to become the second largest of its denomination in the county, 292 with 800 members. 293 Following a decline in …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… descent till the middle of the 17th century. 123 Its later history is uncertain. In 1086 TUNSTALL (Tonnestale, xi cent.) … in 1628. 136 During the rest of the century no connected history of the manor has been found. One-sixth was in 1652 …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of the manor. 42 He, too, was made sheriff for the county, and held Veseys till 1820. 43 His son Richard … John de Bovil, 81 who was proved to hold estates in this county in 1225. 82 James died before 1263, 83 and Robert, his … of their property by sale and are stated to have left the county. 103 In 1686 David Chandler and Anne his wife …
A History of the County of Surrey
… who made Eastwick his residence, and from this date the history of the manor follows that of Great Bookham until … but few records remain to throw light upon its early history. In 1201 Ralph son of Walter de Cunton conveyed to … and Edmund son of John Slyfield, who was sheriff of the county in 1582, by his will proved in 1590 directed his …