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A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … S.R.S. vii, p. 101; xxvi. 76; lvii, p. 28; lxviii, pp. 57-8; H.M.C. Wells, ii.p. 578; below, this section. S.R.S. i. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.E., (d)XLI, N.W., (e)XLI, S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … building with an old wing at the S. end. b(12). Park Farm, house and outbuildings, nearly 1 m. N.N.E. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… covered by an area of Plateau Gravel. Woolland village and the former hamlet of Chitcombe are spring-line settlements at the junction of the Chalk and the Gault Clay. Woolland occurs in Domesday Book (Vol. I, … in 1811 (O.S. 1811), and which were removed when Woolland Park was enlarged in the middle of the 19th century (Hutchins …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … were possessed by the Jennison family. Woolsington Park is a handsome seat. Woolstanwood WOOLSTANWOOD, a … have been commuted for 109. 11., and the vicarial for 57. 9. Woore WOORE, a township, in the parish of Muckleston, …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … for military machines, both for the land and sea service 57; in which are also various models of bridges, forti …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) … a precipitous rock on which its foundations are laid: the park grounds are uncommonly beautiful. Wootton Hall, the seat …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of … gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its … Limestone in the N. down through the limestones, clay and silts of the Estuarine Series to Northampton Sands and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the … (62 a.) and the extra parochial district of Blenheim Park (2,269 a.) belonged historically to the hundred but were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided between 15 ancient parishes and several extraparochial places, notably Woodstock, later Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land … part of Savernake forest was inclosed as Savernake great park, and later the main Marlborough-Salisbury road ran … death in 1485 it passed to his grandson John Seymour. 57 From John's death in 1491 58 it was held by his relict …