 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 694 pages
...generally divided into parishes; which division happened probably not all at once, but by degfees. For it seems pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries...extends itself over more parishes than one, though [ *113 ] there are often many manors in one parish (34). *The lords, [ ^..' as Christianity spread... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...generally divided into parishes ; which division happened probably not all at once, but by degrees. For it seems pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries...their own demesnes, or wastes, to accommodate their tenants in one or two adjoining lordships; and, in order to have divine service regularly performed... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1837 - 656 pages
...is probable that the division was not made at once, but by degrees. It is, according to Blackstone, pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries of parishes were originally ascertained by those of manors ; for it very seldom happens that a manor extends itself over more parishes than one, though... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1838 - 910 pages
...generally divided into parishes ; which division happened probably not all at once, but by degrees. For it seems pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries...manor extends itself over more parishes than one, [*113] though there are often many manors in one parish (23). 'The lords, as Christianity spread itself,... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1839 - 556 pages
...generally divided into parishes ; which division happened probably not all at once, but by degrees. For it seems pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries...extends itself over more parishes than one, though [ 113 ] there are often many manors in one parish. The lords, as i Hob. 296. m Ibid, c. 2. See al^o... | |
 | Walter Henry Burton - 1839 - 322 pages
...5 B. & A. 268. (m) Scratton v. Brown, 4 B. & C. 485; R. v. Ld. Yarborough, 3 B. & C. 91. 1 1044. n. "It very seldom happens that a manor extends itself...though there are often many manors in one parish." 1 Bl. Comm. 113, Ace. Lester v. Kemp, 2 Bing. 30. But see also Howman, D. Orchard, T. Barney, V. 8,... | |
 | 1839 - 456 pages
...establishments. In the first volume of Bkicksione's Commentaries we have this account of the matter: — "The lords, as Christianity spread itself, began to...their own demesnes, or wastes, to accommodate their tenants in one or two adjoining lordships ; and in order to have Divine Service regularly performed... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 782 pages
...is probable that the division was not made at once, but by degrees. It is, according to Blackstone, pretty clear and certain that the boundaries of parishes were originally ascertained by those of manors ; for it very seldom happens that a manor extends itself over more parishes than one, though... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 pages
...universally divided into parishes ; which division prohably happened not all at once, but by degrees. For it seems pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries...their own demesnes or wastes, to accommodate their tenants in one or two adjoining lordships; and, in order to have divine service regularly performed... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 pages
...Their boundaries were originally ascertained by those of manors, whose lords, as Christianity extended, began to build churches upon their own demesnes or wastes, to accommodate their tenants in one or two adjoining lordships ; and in order to have divine service regularly performed... | |
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For it seems pretty clear and certain, that the boundaries of parishes were originally ascertained by those of a manor or manors : since it very seldom happens that a manor extends itself over more parishes than one, though there are often many manors... 
