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A History of the County of Oxford
… the ground rises steadily to c. 110 m. at the parish church, reaching c. 150 m. at the western boundary. The … manor. 175 It was granted in 1542 to William Paulet, lord St. John, who sold it in the same year to William Fermor of … in 1507, when its property was granted by the Crown to St. Stephen's chapel, Westminster, from which it was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Barton, in the Middle Ages called Great Barton or Barton St. John (from the lords of the manor), along the west bank … manor of Wootton. Although Steeple Barton, with Sandford St. Martin which formed part of Steeple Barton manor in the … Rayford, to join the road from Middle to Steeple Barton. Church Lane, a hollow way, called Woodstock Way in 1849, 16 …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… above sea-level. The site of the old Hall is close to the church; and the avenue, which gives its name to Avenue Farm, … of land in Sawtry in 1534 from the abbot and convent of St. Mary there, 43 and a lease of the lands of Ramsey Abbey … as Dixons and Drewells for 1,000. 49 Church The church of ST. ANDREW consists of a chancel (26 ft. by 14 ft.), nave (35 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… bridge may for long have been that immediately west of the church, called Maskell's from 1592 or earlier. 11 Further … Joan de Neville (d. c. 1263), who married Jordan de St. Martin (d. c. 1223), held it jointly and in chief in … de Ingham (d. 1282), 63 and Joan had a son William de St. Martin (d. c. 1291). 64 Oliver and William claimed the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… stood beside a street running north and south past the church. It was called Hay Street from the 13th century to the … them in 1920 to F. W. P. Hunt. 201 Between 1517 and 1527 St. John's College, Cambridge, bought, mostly from Robert … 206 In 1539 John Whitacres, a chantry priest at Great St. Mary's, Cambridge, gave to Gonville Hall c. 105 a. for a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Stellinges. The greatest part of it, in which the church stands, is in this hundred of Loning borough, and the … there is no other. A little beyond the minnis stands the church, on an hill, and a little further the court-lodge, at … and deanry of Bridge. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is large and handsome, consisting of two isles and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of the parish, and is small and compact in appearance. The church, rebuilt in 1860 by the Duke of Bedford and the … STEPPINGLEY MANOR was held in the 14th century of Emery de St. Amand, who himself held of Lord Mowbray. 20 Holding under the St. Amands were the Knights Templars, to whom in 1239 Richard …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Etchilhampton and south-westwards to Stert village and the church. The road to the church leads on as a narrow lane to … chapel. 102 In 1864 the vicar was helped by the curate of St. James's, Southbroom. 103 In 1970 one service was held at Stert every Sunday. The small church of ST. JAMES consists of a nave with spirelet, north aisle, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… seems to have grown from a cluster of houses around the church and the manor-house near the north-eastern road along … been taken by Siric de Oburville and given to the abbey of St. Wandrille (Seine Maritime), presumably as part of the … large concern with shops in Newmarket, Cambridge, and Bury St. Edmunds, retained the name after its connexion with the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… same point Julian's Road turns west to Fisher's Green. The church of the Holy Trinity is situated at the south end of … in a northeasterly direction leads to the older church of St. Nicholas and passes on to Chesfield Park, a branch road … Hill to the hamlet of Pin Green. From the church of St. Nicholas a road runs west into the Baldock Road, passing …