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A History of the County of Berkshire
… an elevation of the Upper Greensand rising to 322 ft., and its southern part a level of sandy loam. The area is 708 … 6 are covered by water. There are 380 acres of arable and 187 acres of grass. 2 There are also considerable … The soil is good, the chief crops being wheat, barley and beans. The occupations are agriculture and fruit culture. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… includes the townships of South Kilvington, Thornbrough and Upsall, lies to the north of Thirsk and covers about 2,920 acres. Of this 1,300 acres are pasture and about an equal area is in cultivation. 1 The subsoil is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1879, consisted of a main part immediately north of Wilton and a detached part, North Ugford, immediately west of … 10th-century estate bounded on the west by the river Wylye and on the east by a way along the ridge dividing the valleys … Bk. (W.R.S. xxxiii), p. 51; Calamy Revised, ed. Matthews, 557; W.A.M. xl. 394; Phillipps, Wilts. Inst. ii. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Roughly rectangular in shape, it is nearly 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. The boundaries follow water courses for … the Parrett forms the eastern limit of both parish and hundred (and also of the archdeaconry of Taunton), much … D/P/mart 2/1/1. S.R.O., D/D/Ca 235. Walker Revised, ed. Matthews. Lambeth Palace MSS., COMM. III/3, p. 183. Cal. S.P. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes South Stoneham SOUTH STONEHAM Stonham, Stanham, xi and xiii cent. South Stoneham, in the southern division of the county, is a very large and scattered parish stretching along the banks of the River … the tithings of Allington, Barton, Pollack, Shamblehurst, and Portswood, is 8,007 acres, with 50 acres of water and 50 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1911, 1,804; 1921, 1,744; 1931, 1,761. Southam is a parish and small town some 6 miles south-east of Leamington Spa, … runs into it on the south. The boundaries of the manor and parish are recited in a charter of a.d. 998, 1 and again … of Warws. 221. Archaeologia, xxxv, 316. Dict. Nat. Biog.; Matthews, Walker Revised, 363. Warw. Co. Records, iii, 105. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Parishes Speen SPEEN with SPEENHAMLAND, BAGNOR and BENHAM Spinae (iv cent.); Spene (ixxvii cent.); Spone, … cent.). The parish of Speen lies between the Rivers Kennet and Lambourn, though one of its tithings, Bagnor, lies north … Thomas Earl of Kelly to Sir Peter Vanlore and Sir William Rolfe, 89 apparently in trust for the former. Englefield. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of limestone. Of its three townships, Spennithorne, Harmby and Bellerby, Spennithorne lies farthest south. The village … Fitz Randalls, which has a gabled projection at the rear, and behind it is a cottage with a large rubblebuilt chimney … measures 1 ft. 8 in. by 6 ft., but they are now filled in, and in the interior are two small rooms with a chimney stack …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of 2,248 acres, mainly permanent grass. The soil is clay and marl with a subsoil of stone, and produces crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The northern part lies fairly high, over 400 ft.; …
The Cartulary of Holy Trinity, Aldgate
… the Less 1 747. [117097] Grant of Stephen prior and convent to Richard Walensis of all the land which Robert … Matilda Gofair(er); Giles Oault; Walter Eur(e), 1 and 19 Ed. II and 1 and 6 Ed. III; Thomas Legge, 30 Ed. III whose executors …