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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … meadow and pasture, 353 woodland, and 40 road and waste. Coal is obtainable, though not wrought; and there are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to … of carved oak mostly of the 17th century. The original iron firegrate has panels with figures of Peace and Plenty. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest … of Dean Forest in order to check the felling of timber, coal-mining, and iron-works, which had become more extensive during Oliver …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the … there was a field called Single Berrow 16 in 1683, a small Iron Age camp has been identified, and there are earthworks … The cottagers found employment in the woods, quarries, and coal mines of the Forest of Dean and Tidenham Chase, but the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar … in 1779. In 1803 it was owned by Edmund Woodroffe, iron-manufacturer, who was declared bankrupt and whose …
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 … Rec. S.R.O., A/AQP 35. Ibid. D/P/wool 4/1/1; Morris & Co. Dir. Som. (1872); Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. lxxxii. 111. W.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 … early 18th-century. Miscellanea: On modern S. door, iron scutcheon-plate with ornamental piercings and drop …
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. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … Some springs on the hill are strongly impregnated with iron. Woolvercott (St. Peter) WOOLVERCOTT ( St. Peter), a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. … Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The principal monuments are Eltham Palace, Well … an oval window, lighting the stairs, has a scrolled iron grille on the inside. Inside the building, some of the …
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 … All ordnance, for the use of Government, as well the iron cannon made by contractors at various places, as the …