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A History of the County of Oxford
… bought it outright; at their purchase it still included land in all three townships as well as in the borough, … tolls, and other manorial income, much of the copyhold land having become effectively freehold since the 17th … 1952 and 1960, 25 and by 2003 the Blenheim estate held no land in Witney or its townships. 26 Many surviving copyholds …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The chapel of Holy Trinity was built in 18489, on land given by the bishop of Winchester and the duke of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… opened further up Corn Street near Meeting House Lane, on land bought the previous year. The building caused crippling …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities are … south by the English Channel, and comprises 1000 acres of land, mostly arable. From the mouth of Chichester Harbour to … for Wesleyans; also a national school supported from land purchased by the Rev. W. Cornwallis, in 1820. Witton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprising 5790 acres, of which 78 are common or waste land. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the … 1718, Mr. Feedham left 50 (at the inclosure exchanged for land), directing the proceeds to be employed in clothing … Hall WIVERTON HALL, with a demesne of 1002 acres of land, an extra-parochial liberty, in the county of …
A History of the County of Essex
… to the rector and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of poor sailors or their widows. 16 In 1752 c. 3 a. of land at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 … formed to administer the funds, built seven almshouses on land in Vanessa Drive for the poor of Wivenhoe with …
A History of the County of Essex
… small field, and osier ground, which with other glebe land in Wivenhoe, and 27 a. of Ardleigh wood in Ardleigh … totalled c. 62 a. 15 In 1810, after a small amount of land had been sold, the glebe amounted to c. 58 a. which …
A History of the County of Essex
… demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land near Wivenhoe Cross and some on the east side of High … farm was former woodland. 35 Seven acres of assarted land was granted by Eudes the sewer (d. 1120) to St. John's … after they had mown his hay and carted it into his barn. Land held included portions of heath. After the Rising of …
A History of the County of Essex
… the river was improved, probably in the Middle Ages; that land was bounded on the west by the old stream of the Colne. … the river Colne in the south and west of the parish the land rises gradually to over 30 m. across much of the north … The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon settlement. In 1066 …
A History of the County of Essex
… to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the … the urban district council bought an additional 2 a. of land opposite the existing cemetery. 86 In 1848, when certain … D/DU 612; F. G. Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Home, Work and Land, 257. E.R.O., D/DBm M503. Ibid. D/DEt M10-23. Ibid. …