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A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.); Shaw (xvii cent.). The parish of Shaw lies on the north side of the valley of the Lambourn, not far from … is very varied, being chalky at the lower levels and clay on the higher, while there is a cap of gravel at the highest … Eliza, the widow of Charles Henry Hunt of Stratford-upon-Avon, under the provisions of the will 67 of her uncle, dated …
A History of the County of Somerset
… St. Mary, to reach Fouts Cross. Most of the parish lies on the Yeovil Sands, with an area of Pennard Sands beyond a … accts.; S.R.O., D/T/ilm. 2; DD/BD 106; DD/X/LT, map 1755. Bradford Central Libr., Swinton MSS., ct. roll; S.R.O., … O.S. Map 6", Som. LXXXI. SE. (1886 edn.). C 141/7/36; Bradford Central Libr. Swinton MSS., acct. 14812, ct. roll …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 191; 1931, 183. Sherbourne is a small parish situated on the right bank of the Avon, 2 miles south of Warwick, and traversed by Sherbourne … plan; later enlargements include a one-storied addition on the east front containing an entrance hall, drawing-room, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Parishes Shipston-on-Stour SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR Scepwaeisctune (viii cent.); Scepwestun (xi cent.); … Stour, on the high road from Woodstock to Stratford-upon-Avon. The church of St. Edmund, near the river bank, is about …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 203. Shotteswell is a small parish, forming a peninsula on the south-eastern extremity of the county, almost … and beautiful views are obtainable in all directions. The Avon, a tributary of the Cherwell, separates the parish from Oxfordshire on the east, as does another small tributary on the west, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… follow ancient field boundaries. The parish includes on the east the ancient hamlet of Nosterfield, which was … two groups. 11 In 1086 there were 16 peasants and 6 servi on Robert Gernon's manor, 12 and in 1279 c. 40 men probably … terriers 1638, 1663; tithe award 1841. Ex inf. Miss P. Bradford, college archive cataloguer. C.U.L., E.D.R., G …
Magna Britannia
… hundred of Coleridge and in the deanery of Woodleigh, lies on the south coast, about six miles from Dartmouth. The manor … The lease has been a considerable time in the family of Bradford, and is now vested in the Rev. Bradford of Newton Abbot. Mr. Incledon's Church Notes, taken …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1921, 691; 1931, 741. The old turnpike road from Stratford-on-Avon to Warwick forms the boundary of Snitterfield parish on the east as far as Marroway, 1 where the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the meadow land for the parish, forms a detached area on the banks of the Yeo to the north-west of the main settlement. 6 Most of the parish lay on alluvium in the Yeo flood plain, and the name Sock is … passed to his uncle, Sir Edward Berkeley (d. 1506), of Avon (Hants). 75 It descended to his son Thomas, his grandson …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1 mile in breadth, running for 4 miles south-west, bounded on the west by Worcestershire and on the east by the parish of Tanworth. This strip is … (a name dating back to the 13th century) the Stratford-on-Avon Canal crosses the south-western extension of the parish. …