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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Macduff - Mellerstain M Macduff MACDUFF, a burgh of barony, and a sea-port, in the parish of Gamrie, county of Banff, 1 … oats, barley, wheat, potatoes, and turnips. The system of agriculture is greatly improved; the lands are well drained, … the farm-buildings commodious, and the system of agriculture greatly improved. The fuel is coal, obtained at a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Madeley Coalbrookdale, Coalport and Ironbridge MADELEY INCLUDING COALBROOKDALE, COALPORT, AND IRONBRIDGE Communications, p. 23. Growth of Settlement, … areas were developed for open-air recreation, and agriculture came to an end. Development was controlled in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Madeley Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In 1086 there was woodland for fattening 400 … enjoyed pannage with other common rights, defined in 1190 and surrendered in 1234, in the Wrekin woods. 6 The manor lay … allowed to inclose its wood of Madeley with a small dike and a low hedge ( haia) and make a park there; Hay farm and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… leet of Bourton hundred 67 which, in the 1660s, 1670s, and earlier 1680s, regularly fined Madeley offenders against the assize of bread and of ale. 68 Other offences fined in the 1670s included assault, receiving strangers, 69 and keeping swine unyoked and unringed. 70 Bourton's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… road from Cambridge to St. Neots, a turnpike between 1772 and 1876. 38 In 1985 its northeastern boundary towards Girton … former turnpike were transferred to Madingley from Barton, and 7 a. north of that road, previously in Comberton, were … the northern boundary. In the south-west the Lower Chalk and in the northeast gault are largely overlaid with boulder …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish about 5 miles to the north-west of Chipping Ongar and 4 miles to the south-east of Harlow. 1 A very small … part (5.6 acres) lies on the boundary between Moreton and High Laver, to the east of the main part of the parish. … has always been a rural parish engaged almost entirely in agriculture. The lords of the manor lived in the parish …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the unions of Nantwich, Great Boughton, and Wrexham, chiefly in the Higher division of the hundred of … intercourse with England, it has greatly improved in its agriculture and trade, and has more and more attracted the … period the inhabitants have been principally employed in agriculture and the fishery, herrings on this part of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Pembroke, South Wales, 3 miles (S. E.) from Cardigan, and 6 (W. N. W.) from Newcastle-Emlyn; containing 963 … working a quarry of slate of good quality, are employed in agriculture. A fair is held on the 18th of September, for … fertile; and the inhabitants are principally employed in agriculture. The scenery is wooded and richly diversified, …
A History of the County of Chester
… Manors and estates in and near the city MANORS AND ESTATES IN AND NEAR THE CITY … p. 6. P. J. W. Higson, 'Pointers towards the Structure of Agriculture in Handbridge and Claverton prior to Parl. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… known as 'the Fenland' is drained by the rivers Ouse, Nene and Welland and extends from a centre in Cambridgeshire into … about 2 miles = 60 mm. or 2 in.] (In General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cambridge . . . By the Rev. W. … Miles, 5 [= 40 mm. or 1 in.] (In General view of the Agriculture of the County of Lincoln.) 220300 mm. or 811 in. …