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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… are more extensively exposed on a ridge about 400 ft. high, extending south-eastward from Old Swindon to the … hill is due to the powerful de Valence family, lords of High Swindon in the 13th century. In 1274 it was said that … may be inferred from 14th-century assessments. In 1334 High Swindon was assessed at 133 s. 4 d., considerably more …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… one or two individuals'. It went on to comment on the very high rate, 2 s. 3 d. in the compared with 1 s. 3 d. in New … the Advertiser reverted to its usual line of comparing the high rates of Old Swindon with the much lower ones in the new … of heart was due to its bad drainage, poor roads, and high rates. The physical junction of the two towns had …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… throughout the Middle Ages as the manor of SWINDON or HIGH SWINDON. From the mid 16th century the manor of West …
Swyncombe
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Swyncombe manors, and was administered by a succession of high-status keepers including the Knollys family of … disagreements which arose between tenants. With population high and land in short supply most holdings were inherited … Watlington. 3 Turnover amongst the principal farmers was high, only Henry Benwell and Thomas Cottrell remaining in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Gloucestershire, covers 254 ha. 1 (629 a.) and lies on a high part of the Cotswolds 12 km. south of Cheltenham. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a neat structure in the later English style, with a high embattled tower; the chancel was elegantly rebuilt by …
Old and New London
… chancel, and was built from the designs of Mr. Edwin Nash. Mr. James Thorne, in his "Handbook of the Environs of … is always considered to belong to it. It occupies the high ground to the south-west of Sydenham. The land over … of the centre transept; they are about twenty-three feet high. This gallery is twenty-four feet wide; and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… marble in two stages each containing a figure subject in high relief, the lower of a man wearing a toga with arm … of the banks are of some size, up to 15 ft. wide and 2 ft. high. An elliptical platform near the S.E. end of the site … probably a barrow, about 14 yards in diam. and 3 ft. high and about 10 yards to the E. of it is a second mound, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the W. part of (25), is about 75 ft. in diameter and 5 ft. high. It is covered with gorse. b and d (27) Barrows, near … beacon, is a bowl barrow 106 ft. in diameter and 13 ft. high. It has been disturbed on the S. side; (b), 230 yards … of (a), is a bowl barrow 82 ft. in diameter and 3 to 4 ft. high; (c), 280 yards N.N.E. of (a), is a bowl barrow about 75 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… N.E. end. The N. and S. sides have large banks 1 m.-2 m. high separating the pond from two high-level leats. The leat on the N. appears to have been an …