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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … in the hundred of Mitcheldever, but chiefly in that of Barton-Stacey, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing … than from the several dates when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 … town, which may have been exacerbated by the extraction of clay, sand, and other materials from the beach in the late …
A History of the County of Sussex
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. Before 1066 the part of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three … in Worthing. He later discovered on Worthing common a blue clay exposed by sea erosion which made white or cream bricks. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … The soil is various, in the upper lands generally a stiff clay, and in the lower a heavy marl, alternated with gravel; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Woughton-on-the-Green 228. WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. xv. N.W.) … the N.W. corner, which has sunk badly, on account of the clay subsoil; the wall is strengthened by a modern buttress. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, … township are 2073 acres, the soil of which is partly clay and partly sand. A branch of the Chester canal passes …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. (1,927 … 1645-6. 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … of cheese are produced. The soil varies from loam to clay. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 … The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … Across the lower, northern half of the township boulder clay and small outcrops of sandstone from the Hadley and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it … large lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir …