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Survey of London
… a double dry dock, and again in 1624. A narrow strip of land separated this large dock from 'another dry-dock, … December 1879. It was more than 25ft deep, with walls of Staffordshire blue bricks coped with granite blocks. 172 On … roofs; in the basements the walls were faced with Staffordshire blue bricks. The ground, first and second …
Survey of London
… at Blackwall Stairs from ships moored in the river. Land was available there on the east side of the Causeway … Thames. In April 1614 the company obtained some copyhold land of the manor of Stepney from Roger Jones, gentleman, of … river wall with a hoppet of one acre. b A small amount of land was also bought from a Mr Mowse, presumably to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, whereof two-thirds are arable and one-third grass land: the soil is a strong clay. The Ellesmere canal passes … of worship for Wesleyans. Thomas Baynard, in 1687, gave land now producing an income of 17. 10., for the instruction of children: John Leman gave land for apprenticing children, which now yields 13 per …
A History of the County of Oxford
… houses, built on part of the lord's waste, probably on land once part of the Green, for the use of the poor of the … a dispute with Hopkins's heirs over his power to charge land held in tail, the charity was confirmed by a Chancery … Bladon family, by his will proved 1681, left £200 to buy land, the income to benefit 'honest and true' servants in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ( c. 51 a.) was transferred from Wootton, together with land (354 a. from Dornford and Hordley farms) yielding a tithe rent-charge of £100. In 1951 more land near Old Woodstock (the area south of Akeman Street, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… alienation of the demesne, 92 and in 1606 the tenants' land, both free and customary, was divided unevenly between … to Godstow abbey. 8 In 1086 Bladon was said to contain land for 7 ploughteams, but only 5 were recorded, 2 on the demesne, operated by 2 servi and 3 on the tenants' land. 9 There seems no obvious reason for the shortfall. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that there was further imparkment from the Hospitallers' land in Hensington in the 1320s. 52 West of the Glyme … extended the park southwards, incorporating all the land north of Bladon village between Long Acre and Eagle … Without to Blenheim parish, including the strip of land east of the Glyme imparked c. 1767; the remainder of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the election of officers and the transfer of customary land. 37 By the 19th century courts were held at an inn, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was not recorded thereafter. William, who also held land in Rousham and Steeple Barton, held Hensington of Roger … by Stephen's supporter Turgis of Avranches, who granted land there to the Templars, a grant which did not take … son John held in 1454, and descended with the Croxford land in Kidlington to Austin Gainsford, who sold it to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of 400 acres of wood, consists of well-cultivated land, and the other half of sheepwalks, or land recently inclosed. The former portion contains 400 acres … Griffith and Mrs. Jane Wynne gave certain portions of land, now producing 10. 8. per annum; John Griffith Lewis a …