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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… one township, and comprise together about 3000 acres of land: they are separated by a stream running in a direction … 277 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1034 acres of rich land, whereof two-thirds are arable, and the remainder … king's books at 15. 10. 5.; net income, 350, derived from land; patron, the Duke of Rutland: there is a good …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Branston Economic history AGRICULTURE In 1086 there was land at Branston for 5 ploughteams but only 41/2 teams were … and some livestock, and about half the tenanted land was then held by villeins who owed fixed labour services and half by rent-payers. Most of the cultivated land was let by the abbey for 100 s. a year to a monk named …
A History of the County of Stafford
… village and along Burton Road to the east. Elsewhere the land is mainly farmland, with the former Sinai park in the … in Tutbury rural district until the creation of the East Staffordshire district in 1974. A boundary change in 1985 … As in Burton, mains water was supplied by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company. Houses at the east end of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… assessment was recorded in the early 12th century for 'the land of the men' held 'in defence', meaning land which was taxable by the Crown. 13 Branston became a … deer were moved from Sinai park to the Pagets' principal Staffordshire estate at Beaudesert, in Longdon. 11 When the …
A Dictionary of London
… if necessary, he might transfer to them another piece of land in compensation. After the view it was decided that the … were, and that the Commonalty should receive a parcel of land in exchange (Cal. L. Bk. F. p. 97). The word "bretask" …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprises by admeasurement 1500 acres, chiefly arable land; the soil is chalky, and the produce consists … Knighton, and valued in the king's books at 15. 4. 2.: land and a money payment were assigned in 1805, in lieu of … the scenery embraces fine views of the Malvern hills. The land is equally divided between arable and pasture. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the area was 601 ha. (1,485 a.) and, after transfer of land to Wincanton in 1982, was in 1991 556 ha. (1,374 a.). 6 … steeply to the east and more gradually to the west. The land is largely clay, the highest ground formed of Forest … to the Lovel family. Henry Lovel (d. 1194) 30 held land there in 1187 31 which had passed to his son Ralph by …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… is roughly lozenge-shaped and occupies 1260 hectares of land immediately N.W. of Daventry and adjoining Warwickshire. … at between 150 m. and 165 m. above OD. To the S.W. the land falls steeply across a scarp of Middle Lias clays and … 1421 when the demesne was leased. At the Dissolution this land was sold to the Earl of Rutland who appears to have had …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Rye, and comprises by computation 1080 acres of fertile land. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 13. There is … tithes have been commuted for 2299: in 1814, 402 acres of land were assigned in lieu of all vicarial tithes. The church … arable, 533 meadow and pasture, 311 wood, and 1400 common land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …