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A History of the County of Somerset
… the late 12th century entering the parish near Street church, 11 and perhaps causewayed, 12 soon afterwards divided … Ford 19 and until 1818 continued to Butleigh and Barton St. David. 20 North of Street village, where a tollhouse was … 161 In 1263 Martin and his wife gave their land in Barton St. David to Robert of Barton and probably the land at Leigh …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… interest, most of the houses being quite modern. The church stands at the north-west end, the Hall with its moat … and Turchil held 5 carucates in STRENSALL of the fee of St. Peter's, York. This estate, reckoned at the Survey … prebend of Strensall was valued amongst the possessions of St. Peter of York, 16 and the return of 1316 recorded that …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to the north. At the eastern side of the parish is the church, on a hill overlooking the Avon. It marks the highest … until Abbot Walter (ob. 1191) granted it to Geoffrey de St. Leger to hold for service of two knights' fees. 19 The St. Leger family held for a short time, Reginald de St. Leger …
A History of the County of Rutland
… known as Horn Lane between Tickencote and Greetham. 3 The church stands on high ground to the south and the village of … Station on the London Midland and Scottish Railway. St. Liz. Paly or and gules a bend sable. Forz. Earl of … the Crown at the end of the 13th century. In 1224 Simon de St. Liz, who held the Honour of Huntingdon, 18 claimed the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… same time, states that there is 'not now any part of the Church standing'. 3 The medieval township constituted a group … to a small plateau on the west which was the site of the church. Recent trial excavations on this site have yielded … worked and unworked stone, 5 from the foundations of the church, and bricks of 15th-century type. Manor STRETTON …
A History of the County of Warwick
… west of the Fosse Way; and a mile to the south-east of the church, in a bend of the Paddle Brook 1 which forms the … boundary of the parish, is the site of the chapel of St. Giles at Ditchford Frary, a decayed medieval parish which … was in right of his wife Margaret daughter of Geoffrey St. Germain (attainted 1485), 70 whose mother Joan was …
A History of the County of Warwick
… established in Stretton in 1825. 4 Princethorpe contains St. Mary's Priory, founded in 1833 for nuns of the Order of St. Benedict, with a girls' school attached. The buildings, which include a church with a bell-tower, are a prominent feature in the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the manor house, which stood immediately east of the church and is said to have been an Elizabethan building, had … in Strixton and the advowson of the parish church of St. Romwald of Strixton to the same belonging which he held … of the manor and sole landowners. 50 Church The church of ST. JOHN BAPTIST consists of chancel, 27 ft. 6 in. by 14 ft. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… side thereof, to the sign of the Angel, and so beyond the church along the high road to the cross way leading from … part of the possessions of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, the prior of which hospital granted … tenements, lately belonging to his dear kinswoman, Mary de St. Paul, countess of Pembroke, which he had taken into his …
A History of the County of Hertford
… central position in the parish, is divided into two parts, Church End and 'The Village.' The former contains, besides … Feldemerishull, Longewerde, Manesdelle, Halcroft, and St. Margaret's Wood. MANORS The manor of STUDHAM was held in … of the manor after their deaths to Leofstan, abbot of St. Albans, for the health of their souls, the soul of Ulf …