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A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 … once have formed a single area. Most of the parish lies on brickearth, with alluvium in the valleys of streams in the … i. 312. Ibid.; S.R.S. xx. 445. The name, also recorded as Tyne barn, is unexplained unless indicating a wooden bldg. in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The area measures 487 ha. (1,203 a.). 76 The parish lies on the western side of hills forming the watershed between … parish but what was formerly believed to be a British camp on God's Hill is part of a series of medieval lynchets. Those … by his only surviving child Henrietta, duchess of Newcastle (d. 1776 s.p.), and by her nephew Francis Osborne, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… numerous army, attended by his whole court. The besiegers, on his approach, retired towards the north, and intrenched … the neighbouring country, which, from the Humber to the Tyne, remained for several years in a state of desolation. … to excuse his attendance, afterwards met the king at Newcastle. In 1335, Edward took up his residence in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… by Mr. F. C. Woodbridge. Winsford is a small village on the borders of Exmoor. Those from Blue Anchor and Leigh … is a small village lying between Watchet and Minehead on the coast of the Bristol Channel. Leigh Woods is situated … of such men would neither have sent a lump of coal to Newcastle nor a common shrimp to the British Museum, unless …