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Hace 4 días · Leicester Square and the adjoining streets (fig. 94) were laid out on the estate of seven acres acquired by Robert Sidney, second Earl of Leicester, in 1630 and 1648. (fn. 1) This land formed part of St. Martin's Field (Plate 1a) and had belonged at the close of the Middle Ages to the Abbot and Convent of St. Peter's, Westminster, and the Beau...
Hace 5 días · Her son Philip Lord De L'Isle and Dudley is the present owner. In 1291 Hugh de Eure had a grant of free warren in Ingleby. Land in Ingleby was held by the priory of Basedale. Robert son of Robert de Maryot granted it a carucate of land here with tofts and crofts.
Hace 4 días · All extant baronetcies, including vacant baronetcies, are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including those which are extinct, dormant or forfeit, are on a separate list of baronetcies. The list is current as of January 2024, when it was last updated. [1]
Hace 5 días · Both Ashington and Buncton manors had demesne farms in 1086. (fn. 1) That of Ashington manor was leased in 1528, (fn. 2) and that of Buncton was held on a 21-year lease in 1622. (fn. 3) Blackland (later Brownhill) farm in the more northerly of the two larger detached parts of the parish belonged to the Buncton manor demesne until alienated in ...
Hace 2 días · While the Piton de la Fournaise is one of Earth's most active volcanoes, the Piton des Neiges is dormant. Its name is French for "peak of snows", but snowfall on the summit of the mountain is rare. The slopes of both volcanoes are heavily forested.
