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A History of the County of Essex
… In 1818 there were three small private schools for a total of 45 children; in 1839 between 35 and 40 children were in dame schools, and there were also two … on Straight Road, survived as a day school in 1902. In the 1870s the more able older children from the National …
A History of the County of Essex
… a. or 1,286 ha.) lies c. 5 miles north of Colchester. 53 The river Stour forms the northern boundary of the roughly … mill has left c. 11 a. on the northern bank. The western and eastern boundaries, against Great Horkesley and Langham, … been a clearing on the high ground overlooking the river. Topographical surnames such as Wood, Brook, Fen, Pond, Hill, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Boxworth (St. Peter) BOXWORTH ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of St. Ives, hundred of Papworth, county of … is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 18. 12. 3., and in the patronage of George Thornhill, Esq.: the tithes … 343 inhabitants. The manor is described in the Domesday survey as one of the possessions of Henry de Ferrars. It was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Boxworth Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY In 1066 two thegns held c. 3½ hides, … while 15 sokemen shared another 3½ hides. By 1086, when the total yield of the vill had recovered only to three … The two manors with demesnes had 11 villaniand 12 bordars and cottars, besides 4 servi. The peasantry between them …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Boxworth Manors Manors The largest manor in 1086 was the 4½ hides that Pain held of Hardwin de Scalers, of which 3½ hides had belonged in 1066 … 1302. 69Henry's son William of Boxworth 70was lord in 1316 and 1327. 71Probably by 1332, the manor descended to his son …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1:10000 a SP 86 SE, b SP 85 NE, c SP 96 SW, d SP 95 NW) The parish, covering 1050 hectares, occupies a roughly trapezoidal area against the Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire boundaries, between 52 m. and 110 m. … Hist. of Northants., II (1791), 158; J.H. Marlow, The History of Bozeat Village, (1936), 5). The S. part of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Brackley 9 BRACKLEY (OS 1:10000 SP 53 NE) The generally diamond-shaped parish, covering less than 700 hectares, is bounded by the Great Ouse on the S.E. and by smaller watercourses on the other three sides. Boulder … somewhere in the parish before 1904 (T. J. George, Arch. Survey of Northants. (1904), 11; NM) and a late Saxon dagger …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford Bracknell BRACKNELL, a large posting-village, in the parish of Warfield, union of Easthampstead, hundred of … to Windsor. Fairs are held on April 25th, August 22nd, and October 1st. Bracon-Ash (St. Nicholas) BRACON-ASH ( St. … in which is a good collection of specimens in natural history, antiquities, various models, and machinery: an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) BRADFORD-ABBAS ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Sherborne, Sherborne division of Dorset, 4 … containing 271 inhabitants. At the time of the Domesday survey, the manor belonged to Henry de Ferrers; and at a very …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Bradford Hundred BRADFORD HUNDRED The Hundred of Bradford c.1831 Bradford, the 'broad ford' (mentioned in … extensive hundred took its name, 1 lies within the manor and parish of Ercall Magna where the road from High Ercall to …