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Old and New London
… and with stone-capped places of shelter along the watchmen's platforms, where the sentinels may shelter themselves … with metal scales, have been tested before now by Norsemen's ponderous swords and the hatchets of the fierce Jutlanders. … the suburbs would rapidly open beyond the walls into wild woodland and pasture, fen, moor, and common. A few dozen …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. division of the county of Nottingham, 1 mile (S. E. by E.) from Bawtry; containing 100 inhabitants, and … The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Dean and … acres, of which 1199 are arable, 1026 pasture, and 157 woodland. The surface is level. Scampston Hall is a handsome …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Glandford-Brigg; containing, with Sturton … 1785 acres are arable, 201 pasture and meadow, and 115 woodland and plantations. Scottow Hall, the seat of Sir T. H. … are arable, 494 meadow and pasture, 29 water, and 153 woodland and plantations. The living is a discharged rectory, …
Cardiff Records
… Schedule of place names S - Z S - Z SAINT DAVID STREET, or, commonly, David Street, … Street, has been converted into a hall. SAINT FAGAN'S. Llansanffagan (the church of Saint Ffagan.) A village and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of HangWest, N. riding of York, 4 miles (S. W.) from Middleham; containing 156 inhabitants. At this … and the remainder, with the exception of 300 acres of woodland, in meadow and pasture. The living is a rectory, … 1465 acres are arable, 505 meadow and pasture, and 84 woodland: the village is on the road from Fakenham to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Crewkerne, W. division of Somerset, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Crewkerne; containing 84 inhabitants. It … of which 213 acres are arable, 332 meadow and pasture, 19 woodland, and 14 garden and orchard grounds. The living is a … comprises about 2967 acres, of which 1258 are arable, 236 woodland, 43 in hop-grounds, and 691 waste: there are some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Gregory), a parish, in the hundred of Colyton, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (S.) from Colyton; containing, … The parish comprises 3252 a. 33 p., of which 135 acres are woodland, and the remainder arable and pasture in nearly … 14,550 acres are common or waste; 750 are arable, 383 woodland, and 32 glebe. The surface of the parish is boldly …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… given him, in this county, 55 lordships and 48 tradesmen's houses in Nottingham. Thoroton has given us an account of … Peverell of Nottingham, was pardoned 18l. by the King's writ, which shows there is some error in that said register … a variety of attractions. A rich valley, interspersed with woodland, leads your eye into Derbyshire, where distance …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… the robber have, alike, dashed through the thicket and the woodland in pursuit of their nimble game. Here the stout … scene extremely different to what it has been.No more the woodland songsters, whose natal hymns delightfully celebrated … fine stately oaks, and was free from underwood. Thoroton's account of this place, (or rather, chiefly, his …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… shows any traces of masonry; the most perfect is Cymbeline's Mount, in Chequers Park, Ellesborough (Plan p. 139), which … Other good examples are at Quarrendon, Hardicanute's Moat in Burnham Beeches, a third in Brays Wood, Wendover, … was, doubtless, in Roman days, in large part woodland, and in large part ill watered, as it is to-day. We …