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A History of the County of Durham
… There is very little to connect Stranton with general history. Traces of Roman occupation have been discovered on … it lay. It is not marked on the ordnance maps, and the county historians at the beginning of the 19th century do not … erected by public subscription as a memorial of Queen Victoria upon a site belonging to the corporation, consist of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… lies on the Hampshire border. Mortimer West End in that county was once a tithing of this parish, but was constituted …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… End, once a tithing of the parish of Stratfield Mortimer (county Berks), was constituted an ecclesiastical parish in … The parish of Silchester bounds it on the south, and the county of Berkshire forms its northern, eastern, and western … (co. Berks), the descent of which is given under that county. Mr. James Herbert Benyon of Englefield House, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… inquisitions are extant concerning their property in the county. Henry Turgis was apparently holding the manor in … it was held in the middle of the 15 th century. 18 The history of the manor for the next forty years is very … west of the parish, on the banks of the River Loddon. The history of a holding called WERHAM or WAREHAM, with lands …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is a village and parish on the Berkshire border of the county, 3 miles south-east from Mortimer station on the … name, now generally called The Devil's Highway, forms the county boundary on the north. The elevation of the parish … estate possibly represents the later Hey wood's Farm, the history of which is given below. In the 12th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… open fields belonged to Caversfield parish, and so to the county of Buckinghamshire. 3 At the inclosure of 1780, as … Bourchier, widow of Hugh Stafford (d. 1420). 91 Though the history of the manor is uncertain during the period of the … then a lessee of the rectory estate. Economic and Social History. Because part of the ancient township of Stratton …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Bridge, St. George's Church, Southwark Bridge and Victoria. The terminus of the tramway was formerly at the … of the larges in England, was contributed by the London County Council in 19056. From 1766 to 1782 Dr. Johnson lived … and a considerable part of Streatham, of which the early history is somewhat obscure. It may possibly have been the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… continued to present to the living until 1836, when the county of Berkshire was transferred to the diocese of Oxford. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and vicarage on William Hale, 68 and from this point their history diverges. The rectory appears to have remained with …
A History of the County of Somerset
… In the later 20th century it was administered by the County Library service and remains open. Writer and engraver … Sheet from 1924, and by 1962 the Clark's Courier. 90 The Victoria recreation ground was laid out for the jubilee in … as part of the Butleigh Wootton estate. 236 ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture In 1086 Leigh gelded for 4 hides but …