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A History of the County of Oxford
… commonable after hay harvest, and 31 a. in small inclosed meadows or hams along the eastern edge of Port Meadow and in … with cows. Only those with land in the common fields, the meadows, or the leys enjoyed rights of common; owners of old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… where Robert of Wytham and Abingdon abbey gave Godstow the meadows beside the nuns' church and bounding their garden. 38 … other travellers had to take a lane north-west through the meadows to cross the Thames at Wytham mill. 66 A road running …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… open-field arable 2,400 a., closes 750 a., Lammas ground, meadows, and commons 250 a., heath 600 a., and woods 150 a. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… mostly arable, with pasture on the steeper slopes, water-meadows by the river, and several small areas of woodland. A … more downland was taken into cultivation. The low-lying meadows by the river seem to have been inclosed at least in … in Wilsford, to set up weirs and bays to irrigate water-meadows. These works were the subject of a dispute fifteen …