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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of King's-Sombourn, Romsey and S. divisions of the county of Southampton; containing 155 inhabitants. Woolscott … commissioners annually chosen under the provisions of an act of parliament passed in the 47th of George III.; it is … of substantial buildings, completed towards the close of 1846. They form three sides of a square; are of brick, with …
The Environs of London
… side of the water, (but within this parish, and in the county of Kent,) consisting of about 100 acres, formerly … rebuilt between the years 1733 and 1740, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, by which it was included among the fifty … Ireland the same year. He published a sermon preached at a county feast. Philip Stubbs, who succeeded him as rector of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Wansford; … a parish, in the hundred of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing … The rent of three acres, awarded under an inclosure act, and now let for about 6 per annum, is appropriated to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Remains. The common fields of Wootton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1778. Three open fields, Preston Hedge, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Rose Drewe of Wootton House, 1815, and Betty, his wife, 1846, who erected the monument, white and grey marble …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. 18 By then the hundred bailiff held three-weekly courts, and there were 'great hundreds' twice each year, near … and the Steeple Aston court in 1925. 34 For purposes of county administration the hundred was divided into north and … Below, Wootton, manors. Ibid. Duke of Marlborough Estate Act, 3 & 4 Anne, c. 6. e.g. Bk. of Fees, i. 589. Rot. Hund. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… on whose execution and attainder in 1552 it passed by Act to his son Sir Edward (cr. earl of Hertford 1559, d. … to 1942 the farm of 167 a. was held on lease by Wiltshire county council and sublet as smallholdings. 1 After 1945 some … 76 A Church of England school was opened in 1845; 77 in 1846-7 there were 74 pupils at that and one other school in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head … the castle, and advancing upon them suddenly, while in the act of ravaging the bishop's lands at Wick, captured or … sheriff is returning officer. The recorder holds quarterly courts of session for all offences within the city and county …