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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 2001 acres, of which about 1000 are common or waste; the soil of the cultivated lands is generally a strong … meadow and pasture, 2700 woodland, and 234 in roads and waste; the surface is finely varied with hill and dale. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 972 acres, of which 450 are common or waste land. A school was erected in 1680, by James Highmore, … It comprises 2694 acres, whereof 439 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books … of elegant design. About thirty years since, a portion of waste land, containing nearly five acres, was awarded as a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was Beacon Hill. 75 There were at least two cottages on waste land at Avisford in 1609, 76 though nothing was … Binsted, some apparently on sites reclaimed from roadside waste; 78 beside Hedgers Hill itself stands Beam Ends, a … two rooms wide, which seems also to have been built on waste land. Similar in scale and probably in date was a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprises 2868 acres, of which 342 are common or waste land. The surface is of a bold and varied character; …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… a bov. ad geld. The land four bov. In the Conquerours time waste, Soc. In Kirkton and several other places may be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 10,501 acres, of which 6602 are common or waste. The Plymouth railway passes through. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 5 woodland, and 58 occupied with buildings, roads, and waste. The soil produces good crops of wheat, barley, and … It comprises 4576 acres, of which 118 are common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the remainder being principally undivided common and waste. The surface in Walls is diversified with hills, though … on his lands at Melsetter; and considerable tracts of waste have been reclaimed and brought into profitable … plantations, and the remainder hill-pasture, moorland, and waste. The surface is marked by two mountainous ranges, …
A History of the County of Essex
… houses were being built against the wall and on the town waste adjoining it, and in the mid 14th century several …