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A History of the County of Bedford
… and partly in bread; 43 acres of land in Great Paxton, county of Huntingdon, purchased with 150 left by will of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of only 1,540 acres on the Buckinghamshire border of the county. The village stands on a ridge of land about 400 ft. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… was incapacitated by age for the office of coroner for the county in 1308. 20 Alexander de Saunderton had succeeded … holding in 1346, 22 and was returned to Parliament for the county in that year. 23 By licence two years later 24 he made …
A History of the County of Hertford
… parish of about 6,638 acres in extent, divided from the county of Essex on the south and east by the River Stort, … by the High Bridge, which is maintained by the county. 2 The old wooden bridge here was ruinous in 1771, and … on Sunday. There is little of antiquarian interest in the history of the parish of Sawbridgeworth. Only one discovery …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… notable as one of the very few industrial villages in the county. The parish covers 1,898 a., and is compact but … house, probably of the mid 18th century. 199 Economic History. In 1086 Pirot's estate at Sawston was worth 8, … and paten of c. 1660 from the chapel, on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, was illustrated in Country Life, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… goods could be brought by water. 16 Little is known of the history of the abbey, although it was famed in local rhyme … by the service of doing the suit due from the manor to the county court and court of Norman Cross Hundred. 34 The manor … 1236, the lord of the manor owed one suit a year to the county court, 165 and this in 1278 was performed by the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… every oxgang of land held of Scalby. 49 Borough The early history of the mesne borough here is obscure. The men of the … 77 The manor of NORTHSTEAD or PEASHOLM has an obscure history, 78 and seems to represent the earlier 'Hatterboard,' …
A History of the County of Northampton
… subsequently known as Setons alias HUTCHINS. Its later history is obscure, but it was conveyed in 1608 by George … much greater height than on the south. The architectural history of the building seems to be as follows: the tower …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Daughter married to Richard Marshall, of Brandon, in the County of Lincolne, he gave a great deal: yet left his Son … Poet, and one of the Captains of the Trained Bands of this County, the present Owner, married Margaret, the Daughter of …