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A History of the County of Northampton
… the road from Thrapston to Oundle running between it and Lilford. The few houses which constitute the village are … In Bridges' time Lilford possessed a village of 12 houses and a church dedicated to St. Peter, and the hamlet of … Thomas Powys, the second son of Thomas Powys of Henley (co. Salop) and of Anne daughter of Sir Adam Littleton, was …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of Lilley to the south of the main part of the parish and entirely surrounded by the parish of Offley. The land is … 1,062 acres of arable land, 201 acres of permanent grass, and no woodland, 2 but there are a good many trees scattered … 24 to Sir Thomas Green of Boughton and Wood's Norton, co. Northants, who died in l506, leaving two daughters and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the village, is now incorporated in Leamington Spa, and outlying portions are under Warwick Rural District Council, and called Blackdown parish. It is situated 2 miles … Jane, afterwards wife of Sir John Bale of Carlton, co. Leicester, succeeded him. 40 Lady Bale died in 1652 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… LILSTOCK The ancient parish of Lilstock, the stoc of Lylla and his people, 1 occupied a band of coastline 2 km. long and 1 km. in depth, from the eastern end of which a narrow … inf.; Wedlake, Watchet, 87. S.R.O., D/P/lk 2/1/5. Som. Co. Herald, 30 Dec. 1933. A man who worked on the building as …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… sand hill. It is written in antient records Limne, Limpne, and Limene, taking its name from the antient river Limene, … which ran once below it, at the foot of the hill, where, and probably some way higher, the tide of the sea once … a sufficient force of the fresh waters to repel the sand and beach, continually driven up hither by the sea, not only …
A History of the County of Surrey
… LIMPSFIELD Limenesfeld (xi cent.); Lymenesfeld, Lemnefeld and Lymenesfeld (xiii cent.); Lymefeld, Lemnesfeld (xiv … Lempnesfeld (xv cent.). Limpsfield is a village and large parish on the borders of Kent, a mile east of Oxted … Surr. i, 311 b. V.C.H. Surr. ii, 54; Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 30 Hen. VIII. Pat. 30 Hen. VIII, pt. iii, m. 10. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… The two new ecclesiastical parishes of Knightonon-Teme and Pensax were formed from the ancient parish of Lindridge … comprises the western portion of the original parish, and Pensax, containing 1,197 acres, occupies the eastern part … 109 This property now belongs to the Eardiston Farming Co., Ltd. The estate now represented by UPPER and LOWER …
A History of the County of Surrey
… cent.); Lyngefeld, Lyngefeud, Lynkefeld, &c. (xv cent. and subsequently). Lingfield is a village and a parish which occupies the south-eastern corner of … 64 when the property was divided between his sisters and co-heirs, Elizabeth wife of George Brooke fourth son of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Linkenholt is a small parish containing 1,073 acres, and situated 9 miles north of Andover. Berkshire lies to the … west is at a height of 660 ft. above the ordnance datum, and the greatest height in the parish, viz. 706 ft., is … surrendered it with the manors of Littleton and Wallop (co. Hants) to Henry VIII, receiving in exchange Tullwell …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… acres, 170 of these being arable land, 629 permanent grass and 18 woods and plantations. 1 The land is undulating, the highest … on the field of Evesham. 16 Their three sisters and co-heirs inherited the lands of the barony of Bedford; the …