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A History of the County of Worcester
… more space than it does now. 6 By 1866 it was only a farm-house, 7 but the remains of the moat are still in existence. … parish of Cotheridge to that of Wichenford. 13 Among the place-names that have been found are the Lady Meadow, the … to the manor and died in 1702. 57 Poer. Gules a fesse or with two molets or in the chief. Washbourne. Argent a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… covered with coppice wood. It is a lonely unfrequented place, of but little or no thoroughfare, and what village there is, stands round a … in it. After which, the dean and canons of the college or free chapel of St. Stephen, in Westminster, seem to have …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The parish of Wick Rissington (otherwise Wyck Rissington or Rissington Wyck) 1 lies two miles south of … many trees were planted in the parkland around Wick Hill House in the north-east of the parish. 11 The village is near … fences, and the name Court Hayes suggest that the chief house of the village once stood. According to one account it …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the east. The houses are built round a large market place, from the north-east corner of which a street runs down … A court leet and court baron are still held in the manor house, and those summoned to the former are sworn in the … a sword bendwise point downwards between a fleur de lis or and a branch of oak or all within a border battled or. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… on one side, and the parsonage, a handsome brick house, on the other. At the further end of the green, the … of taking the survey of Domesday, in the year 1080, this place was part of those possessions with which that king had … Brewse, it passed into that name, and William de Brewse, or de Braiosa, as they were written in Latin, was possessed …
A History of the County of Hertford
… trackways. Another old by-road called Crackney Lane or Watery Lane (also ancient, as it forms the parish … the north of the present road. This was made when the new house at Blakesware was built. The old road joined the … Mr. G. M. Horsey. The churchyard at Widford is the burial-place of Mary Field, grandmother of Charles Lamb and subject …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Park, runs north-west towards Southwick, Purbrook Heath House and Broomfield House lying to the north of its course. The soil is loamy, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Widmerpole WIDMERPOLE. Doomsd Wimarspol. Wimears Poll or Spear; or, Wide mere Poole. In Wymarspol, of the Fee of Raph … Crumbewell and that of Heriz, and their Posterity for this Place: for Raph de Crumwelle, 1 R. 1. 2 is certified by the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… here makes a more distinct curve to the south round the house and thatched outbuildings of a small farm which lies in … known as Berry Wood Lane as it winds down hill in a more or less northerly direction towards Bradley. North-west of … the chancel shows no remains of piscina or sedilia, their place being occupied by the large monument of William …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Parishes Wiggesley WIGGESLEY. This Place also is reckoned with several others of the Soc of Newark, and was rated to Dane-geld or public Tax of those Times at seven Bovats. 1 King Henry …