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A History of the County of Gloucester
… lords of Alvington manor, it was determined between 1146 and 1169 that Tintern should receive all parish dues from … in 1537 to Henry, Earl of Worcester, 97 who held them at his death in 1549. 98 Henry, Lord Herbert, held the tithes of … Grange has been mentioned above. 47 The church of ST. ANDREW 48 is of Old Red Sandstone and comprises chancel, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest … 86 A mill and land in Woolaston, Hewelsfield, and St. Briavels conveyed to Thomas James by Edward Shere and … 1795 and 1801 by Samuel Jenkins. In 1820 John Reece began his long association with it. In 1841 ten paper-makers and an …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … the strip of land between the River Wye and the road from St. Briavels to Chepstow, containing 219 a. and including a … when he travelled from Woolaston to Tintern during his visitation of Hereford diocese in 1289. 79 The ferry …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the … Earl of Hereford (d. 1071). 8 William was succeeded by his second son Roger d'Ivry (also surnamed de Breteuil), who … much of the 18th and 19th centuries. It had been held by Anthony Shipman (d. 1666), 94 whose tombstone in the floor of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern … and his widow Elizabeth (fl. 1533), later wife of Sir Anthony Willoughby. 6 The estate, described as a manor and … possession until 1475 when the rectory was transferred to St. George's Chapel, Windsor (Berks.). The rectory was let to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north … the heir and lands of Ralph de Wolbedinge and gave it to his own daughter Bonenee. 3 Seven years later Alan de … by Eve, widow of William Paynel and then wife of Edward St. John, to Richard, Earl of Arundel. 23 Eve survived until …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and … principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. George stands near the middle of the parish. The walls … to . . . inlan (?) Warne, 1678; (3) to Margaret, wife of Anthony Barnet, 1662 (?); (4) to Beatrice, wife of John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woolland 58 WOOLLAND (7706) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on … covered by an area of Plateau Gravel. Woolland village and the former hamlet of Chitcombe are spring-line settlements at the junction of the Chalk and the Gault Clay. Woolland occurs in Domesday Book (Vol. I, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… monument. Ecclesiastical Woolley, Parish Church of St Mary (1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands near the middle of the parish. The walls are of stone and pebble-rubble with dressings of Weldon and Ketton stone; … Bales, 1700, head-stone; (4) to.... and Katheren Bales, his wife, 1675, head-stone; (5) to Henry Fox, early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… division of Somerset; containing 71 inhabitants. Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of … is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … Sir Isaac Newton was born, on Christmas-day, 1642. His father, John Newton, Esq., was lord of the manor. Great …