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A History of the County of Hertford
… datum. There is a considerable slope to the south, and on the east the land dips to the valley of the Gade. The Leighton Buzzard and Hemel Hempstead high road strikes across the parish, and … the manor of Little Gaddesden 'with the socage of Forho' (co. Northants), and by a fine levied in that year sold half …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Gidding is bounded on the north-east by the Bullock Road and Sawtry, on the south-east by Steeple Gidding, on the north-west by Great Gidding, and on the south-west by the Alconbury Brook, which separates … and the second Amice. Cecily was, apparently, daughter and co-heir of Simon de Copmanford, and in her right William …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… covers 1,920 a. 1 lies on the borders of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, the county boundary extending along its northern and western sides. To the north it is bounded by the line of a disused road between Great Gransden and Longstowe, formerly called Deadwomen's Way after …
A History of the County of Essex
… Hallingbury is a rural parish 9 km. north-east of Harlow and 4 km. south of Bishop's Stortford (Herts.), within the … on the north, by Sawbridgeworth (Herts.) on the south and west, and by Hatfield Broad Oak on the south and east. The ancient …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xiii cent.). Little Harrowden is an agricultural parish and village lying to the north of Great Harrowden and 3 miles north of Wellingborough on the road from … Hil. 20 Jas. I. Ibid. Mich. 7 Chas. I. Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich. 22 Chas. I. Baker, History of Northants. i, 33; …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 203 acres of arable land, 1,671 acres of permanent grass and 26 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The soil is gravel and clay with a subsoil … year was exercised by the Rev. J. Bartlett of Marnwood 47 (co. Salop), who held it for about fifteen years, when the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Little Houghton, which comprises 1,730 acres land and water, was added by Local Government Board Order of 25 … 1 Little Houghton lies between Brafield to the east, and Great Houghton to the west, all three parishes being … a minor in 1265, 37 married Mabel sister and later co-heir of John and William de Kirkby and was lord in 1284, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Marsh. The height of the land varies between 300 ft. and 500 ft. above the ordnance datum. 1 The subsoil in the hills is Chalk, and in the lower lands Upper Greensand. The occupation of the … to the subdivision of land among the descendants of the co-heiresses of John le Waleys. Half a knight's fee called …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Berington, J.P., the Priory church of St. Giles, a farm and one or two cottages. Little Malvern Court, which was … court, somewhat in the nature of a light-well, with a hall and undercroft on the east, which would have adjoined the … daughter Elizabeth wife of Thomas Williams of Trellynia, co. Flint, 22 who conveyed the manor of Little Malvern in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of Little Marlow, which contains the village of that name and several outlying hamlets, consists of 3,328 acres, 1 of … acres are arable land, 997 acres are laid down in grass and 485 acres are covered by woods and plantations. 2 The … vi, 526. Pat. 32 Hen. VIII, pt. ii, m. 23. Feet of F. Div. Co. East. 2 & 3 Phil. and Mary. Pat. 947, m. 21. Ibid. m. 28. …