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A History of the County of Essex
… Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM In 1854 J. F. Wright of Kelvedon Hall wrote to Dr. Tavarez, the Roman Catholic priest at Brentwood, in reply to a request … 1710) is pretty good proof of there having been a priest and chapel then.' 88 The family tradition here stated was …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… parish on the county boundary midway between Gloucester and Hereford and 9 km SSW of the town of Ledbury (Herefs.). The ancient parish was a … xliv, 1572 visit. f. 6. Hockaday Abs. ccl. Ibid. xlix, state of clergy 1584, f. 43; lii, state of clergy 1593, f. 6. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Kempsford Kempsford Kempsford, which includes the hamlets of Whelford, Horcott, and Dunfield, occupies a tract of low-lying land by the river … 1568 and 1646, 194 and there are draft rolls and court papers for 16821735. The court appointed a constable, a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Kencot Buildings BUILDINGS The Built Character Except for the parish church, which makes … impact, Kencot's surviving buildings are all postmedieval and most originated as farmhouses. All but one of the former farmhouses and the former rectory house have a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons Kencot had its own open fields presumably from the Middle Ages and certainly by the 17th century. 1 At … field) together totalling 731 a., 2 around 66 per cent of the parish; the same fields were mentioned in the 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Kencot Introduction KENCOT Kencot, 1 a small hamlet along the BurfordLangford road adjoining Broadwell village, lies 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Burford, 5 miles north-east of Lechlade (Glos.), and 7 miles (12 km) south-west of Witney. 2 Like other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Kencot Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Manor and Hundred Courts The existence of a medieval manor court at Kencot can probably be assumed, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… history RELIGIOUS HISTORY Kencot had its own church by the mid 12th century, and from the 13th remained an independent parish with its own … despite the presence, until the early 17th century, of the recusant Yate family, and Protestant Nonconformity, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Mobility In the Middle Ages Kencot was largely a community of unfree peasants on the classic manorial model, though with … to raise and administer poor rates. Unusually, overseers' papers survive for the mid 19th century, notably several … general depopulation, though the school's financial state had improved by 1894 when income was c. 60 and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Kendal 47 KENDAL … and parish on the river Kent and in the southern part of the county. The ancient part of the town has two main … the middle of the 15th century the church was in a ruinous state and there is evidence of the collection of a large sum …