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A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the … estate, but the process was reversed by Cromwell, on whom the manor had been settled. 24 In 1771-2 in Woolaston … including the erection of cottages, were made at Park Hill, Woolaston Wood, and Brockweir in the late 17th and 18th …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck of land extending … the River Wye and the steep wooded scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… who had an estate worth £180 in 1714. 77 Although in 1682 the names of 68 persons who did not attend church were given, … c. 1959. 92 Primitive Methodists met in a private house on the ring road at Woolaston Common 93 before building a … in 1893 and a Sunday schoolroom added in 1967. 94 At Park Hill a chapel was built by the Particular Baptists in 1835, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. … sites within the original village. SOCIAL LIFE The Polden Hill and Woolavington Friendly Society, founded 1854, and in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in … then very steeply, to attain a maximum height of 678 ft. on Telegraph Hill on its eastern boundary. Woolbeding House, north of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. … the earlier nave, now represented by a buttress standing on a splayed base. The South Aisle and arcade were perhaps … of the church, has been mostly re-faced. c(20). Terrace Hill, house, 100 yards S. of (19), has cross-wings at the E. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the Chalk, its S.E. boundary … Three cross-dykes lie in the S. of the parish on Bulbarrow Hill; two of them straddle the Chalk ridge which extends W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … containing 942 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was … is a plain ancient structure. On an eminence called Castle Hill, are some remains of an intrenchment. Woolsthorpe (St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, … Mary Magdalene (formerly St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing … the Baptist, Eltham, stands at the N.W. corner of Eltham Hill and Wellhall Road. It was entirely re-built in 1875, but …
The Environs of London
… and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, … Lieut. Thomas Sanders of the Royal Artillery, 1766; Simeon Hill, Esq. 1769; Joseph Harris, Esq. master shipwright at …