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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar … the manor of Woolaston, an action confirmed by his nephew and heir Gilbert Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke (d. c. 1148) and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … part of the parish lies in the alluvial Brue valley and averages 5 m. (16 ft.) above sea level. It is the site …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north … 2 miles. The northern half of the parish is largely common and woodland, and there is another large block of woodland at its southern …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and slates. The earliest work in the church is of mid …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th and 19th. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. … Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The principal monuments are Eltham Palace, Well Hall and Eltham Lodge. Ecclesiastical a(1) Parish Church of St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of … gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its … Limestone in the N. down through the limestones, clay and silts of the Estuarine Series to Northampton Sands and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Fitzpaine is a parish 2 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Wootton House are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … The walls are of flint rubble with freestone dressings and the roofs are slate-covered. There is some 12th-century … material reused in the building, but the Crossing, N. and S. Transepts and Nave were rebuilt probably in the second …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon have become part of the parish, was probably woodland and was defined as a southern tail of Savernake forest. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a …