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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… on the condition of the Savernake estate by a Shropshire land agent, H. W. Keny, concluded that it was 'with some few … extravagance in the outlay, in that the farm buildings upon which he reported had been erected at reasonable cost, … preceding arable expansion exerted its greatest influence upon the effects of the depression rather than upon its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it is still low and swampy. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under an inclosure act passed in … has been endowed by Margaret Hodgson, with houses and land valued at 150 per annum, and is free to the poor of … in the vale of a rivulet, and comprises about 879 acres of land. Holtby Hall is a handsome mansion, seated in a pleasant …
A History of the County of Somerset
… by two streams which flow in steep-sided valleys, the land between rising at Black Knap on the Quantock ridge to … was completed in 1964, 4 lie at 30 m. above sea level. The land is largely on Cutcombe slates with bands of limestone, … award. Ibid. DD/X/DD 2; Som. C.C., register of common land. S.R.O., DD/WG, box 13. Ibid. tithe award. Ibid. D/R/bw …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1842. 54 The glebe, valued at 40 s. in 1535, 55 included land at Doniford in St. Decumans, 56 given to the rector for … and over 20 a. at Doniford. 59 The rector still held the land when the benefices of Aisholt and Over Stowey were …
A History of the County of Somerset
… at 1 virgate. Postridge was not recorded. Holt, with land for 1 ploughteam, was all in demesne except for 10 a. … and had 1½ a. of meadow. Holcombe, where there was land for 2 teams, was divided equally between the demesne, … to a landless cottage while Postridge farm included land in Charlinch and amounted to over 200 a. Lower Aisholt …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the land of Roger de Courcelles included HOLT ( Olta, probably … de Reigny (d. 1275), on whose death Aisholt was divided. Land at Aisholt, Lower Aisholt, and Holcombe, with the … by 1395, 46 and the manor descended with Spaxton. 47 Land called in 1202 Postridge and later WEST POSTRIDGE seems …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Park; it contains two singular octagonal pillars, resting upon circular bases of Sussex marble, supposed to have been … in the direction of the roads to Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Evesham. The houses are in many instances well … parish comprises by measurement 1200 acres of good fertile land, and extends to the Ridge Way, which separates a portion …
Survey of London
… of the westernmost part of the remainder, a block of land about 100 feet wide and about 550 feet deep, stretching … perfection. In October 1774 he wrote to Chambers: 'Upon full consideration about furnishing the round room (in … silks with which to hang her rooms. 'His Lordship declared upon his honour, that when the house, in Piccadilly, which he …
Survey of London
… naturalist, son of William Buckland the geologist. Started Land and Water and was author of publications on natural …
Survey of London
… users anxious to take up the new river frontage once the land was reclaimed and embanked. At the northern end a … old boat-building and barge house sites and on reclaimed land. South of Lambeth Bridge, Fore Street and many of the … to Vauxhall Creek (see Plate 123) was part of the demesne land of Vauxhall Manor and belonged to the Dean and Chapter …