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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the … few pump wells. Soft water was bought for washing. Ketley Bank was as ill-supplied as Oakengates. Houses belonging to … abandonment of a major scheme of 1904. The Lilleshall Co.'s supply was transferred to the U.D.C. between 1901 and 1918; …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of the community. There was an alehouse at Ketley Bank in 1613, and three at Oakengates in 1618- 19. 51 Four … among the more notorious entertainments, and the county's last baiting was reputedly at the 1833 wake. 56 As late as … races and athletic competitions were held south of Pain's Lane in the mid to late 19th century during the wakes, 58 …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… with the supposed kiln at Little Britain, noted on p. 81, S.V. Minchinhampton. (1) Roman Villa (SO 83970311), under and adjacent to a former church, now in ruins (map, p. 81, s.v. Minchinhampton), was excavated by Samuel Lysons in 17936 … was 'famous for its tesseraick work' (Gibson, Camden's Britannia (1695), col. 247). Evidence of sequence of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; containing 908 inhabitants. This place is … to the Society of Antiquaries by Samuel Lysons, Esq., F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in … The village occupies rising ground on the northern bank of the river Nene; about half the population is employed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable and small … during the 16th century. 10 The tenants on Brictric's estate in 1086 included 16 villani and 12 bordars working … and in 1838 there were only two farms of over 60 a.: Bird's Hill farm on the Atcombe estate comprised 100 a., …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Exning (Suff.). 9 Until the 19th century Woodditton's bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of … To the west the parish boundary partly follows the Devil's Ditch, a massive linear earthwork built probably by the … of Ditton Camoys manor, in all 220 a. 39 A double boundary bank survives on the west and part of the north. In 1283-4 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 700 hectares (Fig. 28). It is bounded on both the N. and S. by E.-flowing tributaries of the R. Tove at about 115 m. … once the main street, which crosses the area from S.W. to N.E. ('a'-'b' on plan). It is visible S. of the modern farm buildings as an uneven hollow-way ('a') …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene and Cranford Brook, on land rising S.W. from 100 ft. to 280 ft. above OD. The higher S.W. part is on Boulder Clay, but along the valley sides … the E. by an existing lane and on the N., S. and W. by a bank and scarp up to 2 m. high. Along the edge of the lane at …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … road running between Salisbury and Amesbury along the west bank of the Avon. Lower Woodford is about 4 miles north of … sqq.: for Sir Lawrence, see Foss, Judges of Eng. vii. 134. Hoare, Mod. Wilts. Underditch Hundred, 145; W.N. & Q. vi. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on a high N.-facing spur, and Hinton stands immediately S.W. of it on the opposite side of the river on lower ground. Further S.W., also W. of the Cherwell, is West Farndon (2). Although … around it suggest that it was once much larger. To the S. of Woodford village is a flight of strip lynchets (3), a …