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The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … Wanstead, and Barking. It contains about 2000 acres of land, of which the greater part is meadow and pasture. A … this parish. The soil is for the most part a strong loam. Land-tax. This parish pays the sum of 374l. 12s. to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the north and 1 mile in the south. Its area is 2,774 a. of land and 22 a. of water. The land rises steeply from about 200 ft. in the river valley to … amount of flint, with gravel in the river valley, and the land is mostly arable, with pasture on the steeper slopes, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… m. and 135 m. above OD. On either side of the river the land rises across undulating clayland to a number of rounded … of three separate medieval settlements each with its own land unit, the boundaries of which are partly shown on the … immediately E.S.E., S. and W. of the existing hamlet, on land sloping E. to the R. Cherwell, on clays and silts at 127 …
A History of the County of Essex
… and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable land. The Domesday survey with its estimate that 500 swine … 50 swine, and 40 goats in 1086. 3 The amount of arable land gradually increased. Richard I acquitted the canons of … and Milkwell farm. There were then 339 a. of arable land compared with 1,120 a. of pasture or meadow. 18 Pasture …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1961. Elizabeth Elwes, by will dated 1625, left 40 to buy land, the rent from which was to be given to the poor. In or … on his estate of Horns Inn (later the George) and land adjoining Parsons Grove in Wanstead. This rent, known as … 1658, gave for the poor an annual rent of 2 charged on his land at Woodford. 56 In 1835 and 1899 this was being paid …
A History of the County of Essex
… by the river Ching, is largely cleared and open forest land, of which Woodford golf course forms part. In 1801 the … neighbourhood: Thomas de Muscegros almost certainly held land on the border next to Chigwell, where a branch of his family owned land; William ad aquam, or atte Ree, was one of a family from …
A History of the County of Essex
… some relief. In 1820 a new workhouse was built on waste land in the north of the parish leased from the lord of the … first there was little work for the inmates, but by 1827 land around the house was being cultivated, and in 1829 adjoining land was inclosed and made copyhold after the parish had …
A History of the County of Essex
… during the 13th century, including a messuage and 60 a. of land worth 100 s. a year, which about 1258 were appropriated … the convent's foundation charter as his authority: the land had been forfeited when Margaret, wife of John atte … recovered the manor from Lyon, 21 in exchange for other land, mostly in Berkshire but including Monkhams in Woodford, …
A History of the County of Essex
… twice enlarged, a bigger one was soon needed. 123 In 1879 land in George Lane was purchased, and in 1886 a new church … room attached to a member's house. In 1951 a house and land in Churchfields were purchased, and in 1952 the Wanstead …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were commuted for land in 1767. The church is a modern structure, with an old … The township comprises 3705 acres, chiefly arable land, and the soil generally of very poor quality. The … and Woodhorn-Demesne are esteemed the finest grazing land in the county. In the township are 1294 acres. The …