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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Blatherwycke (3)). There are two separate parcels of glebe land, represented by mons. (4) and (8). In the 16th century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… village, lie on both sides of the present main street on land sloping S.W. to the Willow Brook. N.W. of the village a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… were bordered on the north-west by the Crown's demesne land of the Forest and on the south-east by the river Severn and gained land from both over the centuries, taking assarts from the royal demesne and reclaiming land from the river. The main ancient route through the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the duke in 1705. In 1860 they were formally merged in the land. 23 Under an Act of 1857 the extra-parochial area was … the park itself was slightly larger, having taken in land from adjacent parishes. 25 In 1897 the parish was … 40 a. at the south-east corner of the park, including land outside the walls, all formerly part of Hensington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Mall, but the duchess was unable to buy the necessary land. No gate had been built by 1719, when a cottage and … 74 The park was further enlarged by bringing into it land north of Bladon village and, before 1789, land near Combe gate. 75 Thus by the later 18th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the area called the Lince in the south-west and strips of land on both sides of the river Glyme north of Bladon village … Wood gate of Woodstock manor was attached to a house and land in Hanborough. 22 Gates mentioned in the early 16th … Mun., Combe map (1778); ibid. box 69, particular of land in hand (1792); T. Pride, Blenheim Map (1789): copies in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… II (978-1016) when a witan was held 'at Woodstock in the land of the Mercians'. 42 The building, if on the site of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… central courts, often leading to a formal recovery. Free land was quit of heriot and liable to relief of only one … law, and widows received one third of the rent but no land in dower. Customary lands descended by brough English to … third category of tenure within the manor was that of bury land, or former demesne, which was held for a money rent only …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… founded a free school for 20 boys, and endowed it with land now producing 20 per annum. The town is near a Roman … 1.; net income, 456; patron, J. Fleming, Esq.: in 1810, land and a money payment were assigned in lieu of tithes. The … of his estate to be sold, and the money to be invested in land: the net income is about 916; the trustees allow 161 for …