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Very few medieval wills are known for Cheltenham.

Newtown Linford is a small village to the north west of Leicester, on the edge of Charnwood Forest.

Included here are transcriptions of several rentals mostly of the 15th century, held at the National Archives (SC 11/216 to 227).

The Minehead port area, which stretched from the Devon boundary to Shurton Barrs near Stogursey, was full of small creeks and landing places where

Minehead harbour belonged to the Luttrells and was run by harbourmas

Minehead harbour is a well known feature of the seaside resort offering shelter for pleasure boats, fishing trips and the occasional excitement of

Victorian Basingstoke was transformed by the coming of the railways and by a group of innovative entrepreneurs who made it an important manufacturi

Ibstock is one of Leicestershire's largest villages.

Dunster is a compact settlement west of the Avill and the Tor between Grabbist Hill to the south and Conygar Hill to the north and seems to have de

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