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A History of the County of Gloucester
… as a farmhouse in the mid 20th century. 136 Economic History. In 1400 the lord of the manor's possessions in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 Again, as a result of the scarcity of timber in the county and neighbourhood generally, a tenant in James I's … for Nuneham and the Baldons. 14 Little is known about the history of either ferry or lock. The lock was called … ranked as one of the chief seats of the nobility in the county. It was built between 1760 and 1833 and replaced an …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the modern red-brick church-room built in memory of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The rectory, a large red-brick … two original manors, the one associated from its earliest history with the prior and convent of St. Swithun and called … 8 June, 1448, he styles himself of 'Southwelles in the county of Southampton, gentylman,' and especially gives to …
A History of the County of Surrey
… part of Blechingley, added to Nutfield in 1894. 3 The history of Nutfield, so far as it exists, is the history of the fullers' earth industry. But in 1755 about 900 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… sold to the Sopers by Philip Wateridge. Glimpses of the history of Axford hamlet can be found here and there. The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to William Sedley, esq. of Southfleet, sheriff of this county in the 1st year of king Edward VI. whose grandson, … James, son of Edward Adye, esq. of Barham, in this county, afterwards became entitled to the inheritance of it, …
Magna Britannia
… Grenville to Sir William Courtenay, who died in 1702. History of the Courtenay family, p. 304. Mr. Oliver's notes … 1714. Near this chapel was a hermitage. See Mr. Oliver's History of Exeter. Pole. Chantry Roll, in the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Bridewell, parts of which are still shown. In 1811 the New County Gaol was built on a site in Station Road, but owing to … James Wright, of the Middle Temple, was the author of The History and Antiquities of Rutlandshire (1684) and of other … is distributed among the poor by an Alms Committee. The Victoria Hall (formerly the Agricultural Hall) is comprised …
A History of the County of Bedford
… a son John, who died without male heirs about 1451. 18 The history of the manor here becomes obscure, owing to the lack … the manor in the latter half of the 17th century. 37 The history of Oakley begins with an entry in the Ramsey … school buildings thereon, in respect of which the Bedford County Council as the education authority pay 6 a year. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The boundary with Minety to the south-east ceased to be a county boundary when that parish was transferred from … Kemble, Poole Keynes, and Somerford Keynes, became the county boundary in 1896 when those parishes were transferred … his son Mr. D. C. C. Todd, the owner in 1986. 142 Economic History. In 1086 Oaksey was assessed as 6 hides and could …