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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Little Wenlock Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. As a member of the extensive liberty of … subject to the twice-yearly tourns of Bourton 'hundred' and probably to its lesser court, 17 but by 1674 it had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wilbraham, lying c. 8 km. (5 miles) east of Cambridge, 38 and covering 806 ha. (1,990 a.), 39 was by 1086 an … racecourse start. Little Wilbraham's north-eastern and northern boundaries follow former field and fen … the 1980s. 59 Little Wilbraham, almost entirely devoted to agriculture, consisted until inclosure in 1797 of arable open …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… included 2¾ hides, over half the assessment on the vill, and had 5 ploughteams, half the number for which there was land, with 4 servi; on the other land 8 villani and 5 bordars had 7 teams. 92 In the Middle Ages the demesnes … that brick making once took place there. 82 In 1801 agriculture employed 71 people, crafts only four, 83 and the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Littledean LITTLEDEAN Littledean, which once had a market and was a centre of ironworking and metal trades, lies 17 km. … used for dumping slag or cinders from those ironworks. Agriculture was predominantly pastoral and was carried on in … it had brought into cultivation. 11 ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In the 1230s corn was grown on assarted land in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Liverpool The castle and development of the town CASTLE The most important event … of the Liverpool Castle, which had taken place before 1235 and may safely be attributed to the first William de Ferrers. … for the most part, except on market days, engaged in agriculture. Every burgess had holdings in the fields. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a parish, in the hundred of Iscennen, union and county of Carmarthen, South Wales, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Llandilo-Vawr, and 7 (E.) from Carmarthen; containing 2171 inhabitants. This … parish is situated on the south bank of the river Towy, and is bounded on the east by LlanvihangelAberbythic and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… (LLAN-BERIS), a parish, in the hundred of Isgorvai, union and county of Carnarvon, North Wales, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from … Carnarvon, on the road leading to Capel-Curig, Corwen, and Shrewsbury; containing 1024 inhabitants. This place … cultivation, and the inhabitants are generally employed in agriculture. The turnpikeroad from Builth, in Brecknockshire, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… North Wales; including the small market-town of Harlech, and containing 746 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Artro, at its influx into St. George's Channel, and is about five miles in length and four in breadth; the surface is wild and cheerless, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… St. Tibieu, is pleasantly situated on the river Loughor, and on the great road from Llandilo to Swansea. It is bounded on the north by Llandilo, on the south by Bettws and Llanedy, on the west by LlanvihangelAberbythic; and is … the inhabitants of which are principally employed in agriculture. The living is a discharged vicarage, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the townships of Dothie-Camddwr, DothiePyscottwr, Godwidd, and Prisk with Carvan, in the Upper division, and the chapelries of Blaen-Penal and Gartheli, and the townships of Cugian, Gwynvil, and …