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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 3,500 acres on both sides of the South Winterborne river 2 miles S.W. of Dorchester. It lies entirely upon Chalk, which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Sturminster Marshall, in the S.E., a distance of some 2 miles. For most of its length it forms the parish boundary …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Newbury; containing 337 inhabitants, … hundred of George, Dorchester division of Dorset, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorchester; containing 422 inhabitants. … summit commands a prospect of barrows stretching for many miles along the tops of the hills southward. Winterbourne …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres, lies at the head of the South Winterborne valley 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, capped in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres, lies across the valley of the South Winterborne 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from Skipton; containing 140 inhabitants. … of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 7 miles (W.) from Barton-upon-Humber; containing 694 … of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of York, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Wakefield; containing 167 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) from the town of Wisbech: containing, with the … hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 43 miles (N.) from Cambridge, and 94 (N. by E.) from London; … Medehamstead, now Peterborough, "the lands from Ragwell, 5 miles to the main river that goeth to Elm and to Wisbece." In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were northward. The scattered village is situated about 6½ miles west of Wisbech and 4½ miles south-west of Leverington. The network of roads is …