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A Dictionary of London
… 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 228). In 1448 a grant of land was made for enlarging the church of St. Botolph without … the grant made in that year by the Knightenguild of their land to the Prior and Convent of Holy Trinity. Rebuilt by the … to the church of St. Botolph near Billyngesgate a piece of land, described as parcel of the said church, on which at one …
A History of the County of Sussex
… except where overlaid by alluvium. 6 In the west the land rises to c. 450 ft., a prominent feature of the … century, 8 and was helped by the silting of the river. The land gained by inning and silting was often flooded in later … connected, despite their proximity, since the lower-lying land between them was subject to flooding. 11 Annington was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… first known mention of the area appears to be in 1236 when land at 'Bothes' was part of Fenton. 3 A John of Botteslow … Bucknall, a single-track mineral line opened by the North Staffordshire Railway Company in 1875, crosses the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… in existence by about 1450. In 1808 a considerable area of land around the village and the park was already enclosed, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… further north, at Alington Hill, 15 to over 45 m. The land then slopes downwards to 15 m. south of Bottisham … Belgian air force personnel in 1945-6. The remaining land was sold in 1956, and the buildings were mostly …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 12 Thomas Pledger by will proved 1600 left £40 to buy land whose rent should go to 6-8 'ancient inhabitants', … of his bequest left after building costs was invested in land at Brandon (Essex). In practice the distance involved … Mary, widow of John Clench, 20 by will of 1741, charged land at Little Wilbraham with paying £5 yearly to apprentice …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the late 20th century, 37 and the great tithes, but no land except 10 a. of closes south of Bottisham church, which … some substantial, and involving endowments charged on land, continued to be made into the late 1520s. 74 One man …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… one man to four harvest boons. Of the remaining tenanted land, all freehold, 1½ yardlands belonged to the two priories … Up to 16 men did one day's harvesting; otherwise its land was worked by a permanent waged staff including 2 … for terms of up to 20 years. 56 By 1450 the leased land included several blocks of 5-10 a. each. 57 There was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1639 to have three poor children taught was invested in land, for which 6 a. was allotted at inclosure in 1808. The … his teaching commended in 1837. By then the endowment, no land having been allotted for it at inclosure, had been …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… knights' fees, but over c. 525 a. of other freehold land, including 12 ancient yardlands. 69 Those rights … 44 emerged in 1808, after exchanges, with c. 325 a. of land, which became Longmeadow farm. 45 It also retained the … Burwell manor to William Vaux, whose ancestors had held land at Bottisham since the late 13th century. 83 The holding …