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A History of the County of Berkshire
… death of his wife Cecily, and from this date onwards the history of the two manors is identical until 1598, 23 when …
A History of the County of Worcester
… there in 1328. 26 Shelsley Beauchamp then shared the history of Churchill in Oswaldslow Hundred, passing from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… vivid description of the celebrations connected with Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 in 'Skeldon' (Shelswell) Park. She … Heath, who died in 1542. 64 Heath's marriage into a county family and his acquisition of the manor is of … property, called Barleyfield farm, in 1955. 88 Economic History. Domesday Book records that in 1086 there was land …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Stodden, is situated on the Northamptonshire border of the county. Its area is 946 acres, of which a little more than … Harris, who was lord of the manor when Lysons wrote his history of Bedfordshire. 35 On Henry Harris's death in 1842 … north aisle at the end of the 12th century. Its further history, owing to the simplicity of the work, is rather …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lies 6 miles north-west of Banbury on the border of the county. The parish covers an area of 1,628 a. 1 and its … was spent; this included the constable's charges and the county rate, and regular weekly relief accounted for 277. In … overseers were allowed 6 10 s. yearly from 1821. Economic History. Shenington was a 10hide estate but by 1086 3 hides, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… The parish of Shenley 1 is situated in the south of the county on the Middlesex border; there is a detached portion … de Bifield, a landowner in Byfield and Charwelton in the county of Northampton. 67 Richard Fitz Reiner was sheriff of … uncertain. According to a manuscript printed in Cussans' History of Hertfordshire, 105 the manor was held by John de …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and was bought from him in 1920 by the Cambridgeshire county council to establish smallholdings. 106 In 1923 the … In 1928 Mrs. Balfour was renting the house from the county council, which let the house to W.E.L. Brown in 1931. … later have been merged with Docwras manor. 188 Economic History. Although Shepreth had one inhabitant with mercantile …
A History of the County of Somerset
… probably descended to the Grosvenors. ECONOMIC HISTORY. The name of the parish suggests an early dependence … income stood at 23 a year. 276 The charities had a long history of maladministration, the curate stating in 1819 that … probate of William Naish. S.R.O. D/D/B reg. 34, f. 185; County Gazette Dir. (1840). P.O. Dir. Som. (1861, 1875); …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1657), a member of Parliament and deputy lieutenant of the county, was imprisoned twice for refusing to pay shipmoney, … Dutton, the first Lord Sherborne, also represented the county in Parliament. 50 Edward I stayed at Sherborne in … of the hospital in 1541 71 and 1543. 72 Economic History. The land held by Winchcombe Abbey in 1086 included …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… it in 1550 to Thomas Lord Sandys of the Vyne. Its further history is identical with that of the Vyne, 38 which is … the inscription is to Richard Attkins of Tuffely in the county of Gloucester, died 1635. On the south wall of the …