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A History of the County of York North Riding
… cent.). This parish is composed of the townships of Seamer and Irton and the chapelry of East Ayton. Its area is 8,450 acres, of … water, 4,422 acres are arable, 2,178 acres permanent grass and 738 woodland. 1 The subsoil is Alluvium, Oxford Clay, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… St. Michael occupies 286 a. of the fertile Yeovil and Pennard sands in the undulating country south-west of … to 215 ft. at Gummer's Castle 2 near the eastern boundary, and falling away gently northwards and more abruptly to the … MS. 97, f. 122. S.R.O., D/D/Ca 151. Walker Revised ed. Matthews. D.N.B. Ibid., sub James Upton; S.R.O., D/D/V Dioc. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… boundary with Dorset 5 km. north of Shaftesbury and measured 480 ha. (1,185 a.). 2 It is entirely on Kimmeridge Clay, land most suitable for meadow and pasture. 3 There has never been much ploughing and no … transcripts. W.A.M. vii. 296. Calamy Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 558. W.R.O., D 1/43/6, f. 6. Ibid. D 1/54/1; D …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The lands of Semley parish, 21 km. west of Salisbury and adjoining Dorset, are detached from the other parishes of Chalke hundred and lie north-west of them in the Vale of Wardour. 1 They … D 1/43/1; D 1/43/4; D 1/43/6. Walker Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 376. Hoare, Mod. Wilts. Chalke, 42. Walker Revised, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… SEVENOKE. NEXT southward from Seale lies the parish and town of SEVENOKE, called, in the Textus Roffensis, … SENNOCK. THE PARISH of Sevenoke is situated partly above and partly below the great ridge of sand hills which runs across this county, and divides the upland from the Weald or southern district of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… an area of 2,467 acres, of which 853 acres are arable land and 1,305 acres permanent grass. 2 The parish is watered by … 143 ft. in the south. The soil is clay, the subsoil clay and gravel, the principal crops being wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans and turnips. Sharnbrook Church from the South-east Sharnbrook …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Kennet. The parish consists of two townships, Shaw and Donnington, both of which lie near the stream where it is crossed by the roads from Newbury to Wallingford and Oxford. The land rises from 240 ft. above the ordnance … the presentation, for in 1720 John Warner presented Thomas Matthews, and in 1775 Ann Cuthbert presented George Cuthbert. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… parish of Ridge. The parish contains 4,075 acres of land and 15 acres of land covered with water, the proportion in … 658 acres of arable land, 3,765 acres of permanent grass, and 256 acres of woodland. 2 The River Colne forms the northern boundary, and the land rises gently southward from the river, which is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape, nearly 2 miles from north to south and 1 mile from east to west, and its boundaries are largely artificial except the stream … J. Walker, Sufferings of the Clergy; Walker Revised, ed. Matthews; Certain and True Newes of Somersetshire (1642); …
A History of the County of Surrey
… SHERE Essira (xi cent.); Sire, Schyre (xiii cent.); Shire and Shyre (xiv cent.); Shire (xv cent.); Shire and Shiere (xviii cent.); Shere (xix cent.). The parish of Shere is midway between Guildford and Dorking. The village is 6 miles east of the former, and 6 …