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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in WOOLASTON within Twyford hundred. 6 Unlike other estates … 60 For much of the 13th century the manor was held by members of the Derneford family as under-tenants. About 1255 … comprised 26 a., 88 and since c. 1920 it has been held by members of the Biddle family. 89 The house, built early in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. There were no recusants in Woolaston in 1603 75 but six papists were recorded in 1676. 76 They … period 1714-24 when 32 names were given, including several members of the Harris and Thomas families. 79 The Harris …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … was let from 1554 with 143 a. Among the lessees were two members of the Crifte family who gave their name to the house … built a chapel in the village in 1838 and there were six members in 1840. 15 In 1851 there were two resident Wesleyan …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an … end, was annexed to Linch for ecclesiastical purposes in 1886. 1 The main village lies at the junction of three … are stones bearing the names or initials of eleven members of the Mill family; the date-stone may have been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woolminstone - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division … annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted … 45, Woolwich was incorporated within the limits of the borough of Greenwich. The town is under the jurisdiction of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, …
The Environs of London
… Woolwich WOOLWICH. Name. THIS place in old charters is called Hulviz, Wolwiche, Wollewic, &c. I … parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where it extends on the opposite side of the … between the years 1733 and 1740, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, by which it was included among the fifty new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of … a market-town and parish, and formerly a representative borough, in the union of Cricklade and Wootton-Bassett, … of Henry VI., from which time it regularly returned two members to parliament till it was disfranchised by the act …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 75 NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is … the parish is varied, running from Great Oolite Limestone in the N. down through the limestones, clay and silts of the … The common fields of Wootton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, Long …