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A History of the County of York North Riding
… acres, of which 301 are arable land, 606 permanent grass, and 42 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is clay and loam with a subsoil … he was succeeded by his uncle Edgar John Meynell, 30 whose son now holds it, the house being occupied by Mr. Edward …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the north-eastern part of Hampshire, 33 miles from London and 2 miles north-west from Blackwater Station, on the Reading and Reigate branch of the South Eastern Railway. The parish … Lawrence Hyde, and died in 1632, 18 leaving an infant son Robert, and three daughters, Amphyllis, Anne, and Ellen, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Parishes Yattendon and Speenham YATTENDON Etingedene (xi cent.); Yetingeden, … The parish of Yattendon lies in the valley of the Pang and extends considerably to the east. The village lies around … at the time of the Domesday Survey it was held by William son of Ansculf. 8 The overlordship descended, like that of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.). Yaverland, containing 894 acres of land, water and foreshore, doubtless at one time included in Brading, … of a few cottages on either side of the road from Sandown and the small farm-house of Little Yaverland. The road rises … King William in 1086, but the second had passed to William son of Azor. 3 The two manors probably included the whole of …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xiii cent.). The parish contains 4,287 acres of land, and 11 of water. The subsoil is Oxford Clay in the high lands but Alluvium in the fen district in the southern and eastern parts of the parish. The Great North Road follows … 1803; William Child senior, d. 1813, Susannah wife of his son William, d. 1814, Elizabeth his wife, d. 1820, and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… acres, of which 834 are arable land, 1,052 permanent grass and 32 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is strong clay; the chief crops … described as the widow of Geoffrey, together with her son Walter, a minor, was in the guardianship of the king for …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… area of 1,848 acres of heavy clay land producing cereals and beans. The land rises gently from about 100 ft. above … 17th-century square building of brick with brick pilasters and a slate roof. It has been much altered in modern times … The friend of the Thorntons, he died at Clapham, where his son was rector. Jane, the second daughter of his son John, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Yeovilton, including the hamlets of Bridgehampton and Speckington, measured 1,787 a. 1 It lies 1 mile east of Ilchester on the north bank of the Yeo, and is over 3 miles from east to west and well over 1 mile … occupiers of the later manor of YEOVILTON begin with Hugh son of Richard, who held a fee there from 1179 at least until …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Allendale, union of Hexham, S. division of Tindale ward and of Northumberland; containing 275 inhabitants. Park-End … N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford; containing 88 inhabitants. … Catherine, became the unfortunate queen of Henry VIII. His son, William, inherited the estates, and was successively …
Survey of London
… to imagine that this road was once a narrow, rutted and unlit track alongside a high brick wall which screened it … frequently passing through the same, become very ruinous, and many Parts thereof are, in the Winter and wet Seasons, so … long in Town'. 44 After Lord Petre's death in 1801 his son, the tenth Baron, sold the house to the fourth Earl and …