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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bishops-Wood - Blaby Bishop's-Wood BISHOP'S-WOOD, a liberty, in the township and parish … and of these latter 1273 are arable, 790 pasture, 12 woodland, and 20 waste: the soil is various; gravel of good … about 3000 acres, of which 2000 are chiefly arable, 750 woodland, chiefly beech, and 250 waste land. The soil is …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the manor of Bisley. 18 In 1309 Tibbald de Verdun's portion of the manor included 50 a. of arable, ½ a. of … had open fields on the plateau of high ground above the woodland; an undated terrier, probably of the 17th century, … which shows Chalford Woodworkers as owner of extensive woodland in Stroud parish in 1926. Kelly's Dir. Glos. (1856 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Inferior Oolite which is overlaid by a band of fuller's earth, while the high ground is formed by the Great Oolite, … area of the parish has a base of Stonesfield Slate. 14 Woodland has long been a dominant feature of the landscape. … record found of Bisley is a charter of 896 concerning woodland there which belonged to an estate at Woodchester, 15 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… with the management and conservation of the extensive woodland. By the 1350s the court appointed and heard … 3 woodwards, who were responsible for different areas of woodland. They were the woodwards for Bussage, Oakridge, and … not given an urban district council under the Act of 1894. S.C. 2/175/7-10. S.C. 6/Hen. VIII/6664 rot. 8d. S.C. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in strict order; 14 in the mid 18th century Christ Church's manor also included pieces of Lammas meadow perhaps held … 18th century held more than an acre or two of closes. 37 Woodland Some 200 a. of woodland was reported on Bourton Inge manor in the 1550s, 38 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Dartmouth; … The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 15. 8. 9.; net income, 122; patron, Sir H. P. … by computation 2400 acres, of which about 100 are woodland, 800 pasture, and the rest arable; and derives its …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of both estates descended with Horsington to Henry's sons William (d. c. 1204) and James (d. 1216). 21 From … with 115 a. of meadow, 43 a. of pasture, and 47 a. of woodland. The estate had increased in value by a quarter … tenants, most holding c. 10 a., 71 and in 1408 30 a. of woodland was mentioned. 72 By 1486 the Pauncefoot family of …
Old and New London
… an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent." Macaulay's Ballad of " The Armada." Situation and Description of … of Numerous TumuliEncampment of the Danish ArmyWat Tyler's RebellionReception of Richard II. at BlackheathThe Emperor … VI. and the Duke of YorkThe Cornish RebelsThe Smith's ForgeReception of Cardinal Campegio, and of Bonevet, High …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… became the parish was almost certainly part of the king's large estate called Calne, 3 and it was part of the land of Calstone (possibly Calne's east tun). It was presumably retained by the king when most … probably long before, and in 2000. It was Blackland's only woodland, occupies a rectangular site, and may have been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by 1681 seems to have been treated as one of the town's regular fields. By the mid 18th century the fields were: … and the remainder divided into strips. 4 Bladon contained woodland 1 league by 1/2 league in 1086, 5 presumably Bladon … no obvious reason for the shortfall. Bladon contained woodland, but so did the neighbouring parishes of Combe and …