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A History of the County of Northampton
… of which is devoted to pasture. It has a soil of clay and light loam, the subsoil being clay and sand, which produces good crops of wheat and barley. A … There are five bells in the tower, a new tenor by Taylor & Co. of Loughborough having been added in 1915 to a former …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of which 1,004 acres are arable land, 823 acres grass and 32 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil of the parish is clay, formerly … Bedford (q.v.). 5 In 1265 it passed to Ela de Beauchamp, co-heir of John, the last feudal baron, and followed the same …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… greater part of which is grass land. The soil is gravel and clay, growing corn and fruit. Some outlying portions of the parish have been … Earl of Lancaster, and widow of Thomas Wake of Lidell (co. Cumb.), arose about property in Colne. Lady Blanche …
Magna Britannia
… - Culmstock Colyton COLYTON, in the hundred of that name and in the deanery of Honiton, is a small market-town not far from the sea-coast, seven miles from Honiton, and about 153 from London. The market was granted in or about … his nephew, together with that of Whitford. 7 One of the co-heiresses of Thomas Basset brought a moiety of the manor …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… parish covering an area of 2,212 acres of down country and situated 6 miles southeast from Hungerford station on the … chief crops grown in the parish are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. Manor The manor of COMBE, which had been held of … of Benedictine monks from Bec established at Ogbourne (co. Wilts.), which became the richest cell in England to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1931, 192. This district, originally the parish of Smite and later extraparochial, is now a civil parish containing no … The northwestern boundary is formed by the Withybrook, and the eastern by a small stream running south into the … Pat. 15478, p. 255. Gough MSS. (Bodl.), Warwick i. Warw. Co. Recs. vii, p. lxxv. Le Neve's Peds. of Knights (Harl. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 2 miles from north to south, 1 miles from east to west, and contains 1,995 acres. The northern part of the parish … These are apparently referred to by Aubrey (1673) and Coxe ( circa 1726) as Robin Hood's Butts, and connected … then wife of William Catton and Agnes Basset, sisters and co-heirs of Thomas Wintershull, to whom Walter Wintershull's …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of which 2,586 acres are arable land, 742 permanent grass and 49 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is chalk and flint, with a … Lee, whose only daughter married John Browne of Chisledon (co. Wilts.). Mrs. Browne about 1868 sold it to Lord …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 'Abdale', which was recorded from the early 16th century 2 and eventually became the established form, is unknown. In the 17th and 18th centuries the place was sometimes called … Lord Francis Hope sold Lower farm to the Cavendish Land Co., which sold it in two or more parts during the next few …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The parish is traversed by the Ridgway along the down and by the parallel Portway or Icknield Street 3 half-way down the slope, both running roughly east and west. The village lies a little north of the Portway, and … 50 He died in February 16489, leaving three daughters and co-heirs, Anne afterwards wife of Francis second Lord Holles …