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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… this article deals, measured 1,082 a. (437 ha.) 2 and in 1934 was added to Sutton Benger parish. 3 A new Seagry parish, 594 ha. (1,468 a.), was formed in 1971: it comprises all the land north of the London and south Wales motorway that had been in the parishes of Seagry, Draycot Cerne, and Sutton Benger. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the London road to Graveney, last described. It is written in Domesday, Selinge, and Sellinges, and in some antient records, Sellinge subtus Bleane. 1 A small … court leet of which the occupiers of the houses and lands in this, as well as the other parishes above-mentioned, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xvii, xviii cent.). The parish of Shillington is situated in the hundreds of Clifton and Flitt. Its area is 5,003 … 156 ft. above the ordnance datum. There are old chalk-pits in the south of the parish. The village of Shillington is … by will, left 10 10 s. a year, charged on the manor of Cardington, for providing clothing for the inmates of the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… purchased property here more than 100 years agostanding in pleasant gardens or orchards. There are a few examples of … Mr. Samuel Whitbread. Broom forms a compact little hamlet in the eastern part of the parish, containing Broom Manor … room. Broom Hall, the residence of Mr. Rupert Fordham, in the north of the hamlet, stands in a fine park. Gastlings, …
A History of the County of Durham
… 12th century. The building consists of chancel, 49 ft. 6 in. by 18 ft. wide, north vestry and organ chamber, clearstoried nave, 81 ft. 6 in. by 20 ft. 4 in., with north and south aisles, and west tower 15 ft. by 12 …
A History of the County of Durham
… chapelry of St. Margaret, which obtained parochial rights in the 15th century. From this time St. Oswald's included the … the portion of Framwellgate within the borough of Durham. In 1895 a part of the civil parish of Bearpark was attached … years later the boundary of the borough was extended to in clude part of the civil parish of Framwellgate Moor. As …
A History of the County of Durham
… with that of the neighbouring vill of Broom. It was in the hands of the Bishops of Durham until the second half … he had obtained under a mortgage from Bertram de Hetton in 1187. 4 On the suppression of the Baxter Wood house these … was quitclaimed by the Priory to Bertram de Hetton in exchange. 6 There may, however, have been a later …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… and Shippon, but also those of Radley and Drayton. 1 In theory Radley and Drayton (q.v.) were part of St. Helen's … Franklyn, widow, appears to have sold it to Charles Broome and Susanna his wife two years later. 110 This or another Charles Broome conveyed it in 1720 to Richard Potenger, 111 possibly …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Besides the village there are three hamlets: Hoo rook in the west and partly in the foreign of Kidderminster, Dunclent half a mile north … the village, and Shenstone 1 miles south. The village is in the north-east of the parish, and is 2 miles from each of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… SWALLOWCLIFFE Swallowcliffe, 1 546 ha. (1,350 a.), is in the Vale of Wardour 11 km. north-east of Shaftesbury … seem to have changed little since they were described in 940. 3 Chalk outcrops in the south part of the parish 4 where Swallowcliffe Down, …