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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might …
A History of the County of Essex
… recorded. 94 A charity school, started in 1718 for 10 boys and 5 girls, still existed in 1724. 95 Two schoolmasters were recorded in the 1760s; one, John Potter, by will proved 1763, left £2 to … 97 Private schools were also recorded in 1844 and 1845. 98 Of two schools for young ladies recorded in 1866, one …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east … a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … Planning Policy Division. Dunn, Wivenhoe-a Guide and Short History, 15. E.R.O., D/P 277/5/2. Ibid. Acc. C6 (uncat.), …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (D.a.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, N.W.) Wolferlow is a parish on the N.E. border of the county, 4 m. N. of Bromyard. The church, with 12th-century work and an effigy, is the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of … containing 1022 inhabitants. At the time of the Norman survey, William, Count D'Eu, who, after a judicial combat at … granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve … Esq. one of the greatest virtuosi in Europe. His renowned History of Birds, was published in Latin after his death, in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Economic history Economic history St. Frideswide's estate at … was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization is described … abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, … the three closes, which seem to have been excluded from a survey of Godstow and Wolvercote in 1636. County maps of the …