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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from Ravenglass; containing 146 inhabitants. This … parish forms an inclined plane from the mountains to the river Esk on the north-west. It comprises 2001 acres, of … The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 11. 8.; income, 131; patron, Lord Muncaster. …
A Dictionary of London
… the east side of the same brooke by the banke thereof " (S. 226-7). Walbrook (The) A stream of some size and … up and eventually built over. The City Records and Stow's Survey, together with the investigations made at different … city." Stow identifies this stream, which he calls the " River of Wells," with the Fleet, but the description given in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… extends across rising ground from the R. Nene in the S.E. to well inside the still remaining wooded areas of … higher parts are covered with Boulder Clay, but near the river bands of clays, limestones and marls are exposed on the … them 'a hollow of stones with burnt ashes, bones, deer's horn and the like' ( Surtees Soc., 80 (1885), 73). c(2) Pit …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 39 miles (E. S. E.) from Lincoln, and 128 (N. by E.) from London; … It is believed that the town was formerly higher up the river, chiefly because the old church of All Saints, taken … quality. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 16. 3. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown: the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… c SK 90 SE) The parish of some 750 hectares lies on the S. side of the Welland valley, between 120 ft. and 350 ft. above OD. Its higher S. quarter is on Boulder Clay, but the greater part is on Lincolnshire Limestone except near the river where Lias clays outcrop. Extensive ironstone-quarrying …
A History of the County of Essex
… COLNE (2,058 a. or 833 ha.) lies on the north bank of the river Colne c. 8 miles west of Colchester. The ancient parish … presumably being served by inns in Chappel. 6 The Gardener's Arms on Wakes Colne green, recorded in 1838, closed in … O'Shea, mistress and later wife of the Irish leader C. S. Parnell and sister of C. P. Wood of Wakes Hall, stayed at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Hitchin and Pirton, county of Hertford, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Hitchin; containing 1034 inhabitants. The living … and the soil a rich loamy clay, sometimes flooded by the river Went, which passes on the south-east. The tithes were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from London. The living is a perpetual curacy; … union of Lymington, hundred of Christchurch, Lymington and S. divisions of the county of Southampton; containing 237 … inhabitants. The township is bounded on the south by the river Tyne, and comprises 1108 a. 3 r. 33 p., of strong clay …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… two gardens, with the twelfth part of the passage of the river Trent at Littlebrough ferry, and of three hundred acres … Lordship is in several hands. We find in Thoroton's account above, that Newstede priory had considerable … in this county; with respect to weather, it was a summer's day particularly marked with serenity. The little feathered …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Walkern 135. WALKERN. (O.S. 6 in. xiii. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Mary, stands on the E. bank of the river Beave, N.E. of the village. It is built of flint …