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A History of the County of York East Riding
… the Ouse, and most of the houses are strung out along the dry margins of the valley. The intervening ground, which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… King's Park, which has an undulating surface, is warm and dry, and well adapted for oats, barley, and turnips; the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… former hamlet of Holyoaks which was transferred from Stoke Dry (Rut.) in 1885. 1 The total area of the parish is 1,534 … a minor road northwards to Allexton. The road from Stoke Dry to Great Easton crosses the Eye Brook by a bridge south … bishop. 43 The Nevills were the bishop's tenants in Stoke Dry. 44 In 1346 John le Clerk was assessed for ¼ knight's fee …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the S.E. end of the settlement remains (8). A ditch, now dry, up to 15 m. wide and 2 m. deep, surrounds an irregular … E. to the R. Nene. A deeply cut low-lying area, now dry, appears to be a mill pond, and an earthen dam on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a fine monument to the memory of Judge Ward. Stoke, Dry (St. Andrew) STOKE, DRY ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Uppingham, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the British Alkali Company, commenced in 1828: in 1830, a dry rock-salt shaft, from 10 to 40 feet in thickness, was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of extensive waste land in the centre which was never dry, by the stagnant state of the Newcastle Canal, and by the …
A History of the County of Essex
… him to ensure that the cardinal's tent was pitched in a dry place. 53 Rainold Hollingsworth (d. 1573), a wealthy …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the shore for a considerable extent is sand, which is dry at low water; the principal bays are Sandhead and … of the bay is sandy, but in other parts, though light and dry, it is generally fertile. The crops are, wheat, oats, … to be derived from its situation on a shore that is dry at low water, is of considerable antiquity, and was …