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A History of the County of Essex
… church. 75 Three obits survived until 1548 endowed with land in the parish by John Collin, Robert Birch, and an … but no parsonage house. Tithes included those due from land in Copford, Easthorpe, and Messing. 20 The earliest …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1204. 80 Arable predominated in the large amounts of land held by the Sayer and Birch families in the 14th … Colchester merchants and gentlemen sometimes invested in land and houses in Birch, for example, Thomas Christmas (d. … and cattle, pigs, and sheep reared. 87 Small portions of land in Birch and Layer-de-la-Haye, referred to as doles in …
A History of the County of Essex
… on Newards (Nevards) farm in Layer-de-la-Haye, 60 a. of land of Little Birch Hall estate, c. 8 a. in Messing once … belonged to Layer-de-la-Haye. From 1756 Copford claimed land along its shared border with Birch, and an arbitrator … meaning breaking, in the sense of newly cultivated land, indicating that the parish was a series of woodland …
A History of the County of Essex
… fre- quently recorded. 44 In 1758 a workhouse was built on land near Great Birch church leased from William Round. In …
A History of the County of Essex
… which appears to be correct: E.R.O., D/DE1 T274. Burke, Land. Gent. (1914), 1632-3; Gent. Mag. lxxvi. 590; E.R. xii. … Cal. Inq. p.m. i, p. 306. The same Hamon confirmed some land in Birch c. 1245 to the Knights Hospitallers: Cart. St. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… BIRDHAM The parish contains 1,814 acres of flat low-lying land. Its northern boundary is formed by the channel of … 1 virgate in Birdham. 5 This was at 'la Hulle' (now Hill Land) and was leased in about 1220 by Prior Nicholas to … consisting of a messuage, a mill, and 2 carucates of land, was granted in 1269 by Joan de Chanceus to Thomas de …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… an expense, including the purchase of nearly five acres of land, of 2000. Birker, with Austhwaite BIRKER, with … Prince Lee. The Blue-coat school was founded in 1722, upon land belonging to the rectory of St. Philip's, and conveyed, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… river Soar, and comprises 1128 acres of arable and pasture land, of which the soil is generally light, and the substrata … from Folkingham; containing 52 inhabitants. Allotments of land were assigned in lieu of tithes in 1768. Birtle, with … township from Heap, for a mile and a half), it is richer land. The population is chiefly employed in the cotton and …
Survey of London
… Cholmeley, the founder of Highgate School, owned all the land between High Street and Swain's Lane, southward to the … to William Cholmeley, but the remainder of Sir Roger's land, northward of the present Waterlow Park, was conveyed by … Foundation Governors of his school. The frontage of this land is now occupied by houses numbered 3 to 15 (odd) and 23 …
A Dictionary of London
… to Michael de Northburgh, bishop of London, a parcel of land near the stone wall of the Bishop's palace, between the … monastery of St. Pancras, Lewes, confirming the grant of land at Bissopesgate which Goder the priest gave (Cal. of … footpath. Former name : "Churchyard" (O. and M. 1677). The land was granted to the parish in 1615 for a cemetery, and …