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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… one small area extends W. across the Roman road. The land slopes generally N. and is drained by several small …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Stephen Hutchens, who endowed it with 600, invested in land now producing about 100 per annum. At Kerris, in the … Prickett and Blaydes. Part of the tithes were commuted for land in 1811, and a money payment is made for those in the … for Wesleyans. William Marriott, in 1721, bequeathed land now producing 11 per annum, applied in aid of a national …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish covers some 1200 hectares including the hamlet and land of Heathencote. The higher areas in the S. and W., … m. above OD, are covered by Boulder Clay. From there the land slopes generally N.E., across bands of Oolitic Limestone … II (1979), Braybrooke (1) and Dingley (3)). However the land immediately to the N. has no ridge-and-furrow on it, and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… area of the town of Towcester and elsewhere is bounded by land belonging to the hamlet of Wood Burcote in Towcester … and inclosed in the 1850s, to claim an allotment of land within the former forest and compensation for loss of … in several channels in the south-west corner, where the land reaches a maximum of 420 ft. Another tributary, which …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… the river in two areas joined together by a narrow band of land west of its church. The southern, upland boundary, … the west to Collin Park wood in the east, crossed common land at Botloe's green, Pool hill, and Brand green and its … east end where it is on the Keuper Marl, 4 and the higher land with its lighter soils formed part of the area known as …
A History of the County of Somerset
… or pill (creek) associated with a sea wall. 95 All the land within the meander enclosing the west side of the parish … marshes west of Stretcholt, seem to mark the progress of land reclamation in the 18th century. 96 A bronze palstave is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… free of vicarial tithe, 97 but attempts to improve the land further north near Yearsey had been frustrated earlier. … and drained from the later 16th century. 1 The reclaimed land was highly valued and in the early 17th century entry … further south possibly in the late 18th century to enclose land gained as a result of the blocking of the channel east …
A History of the County of Somerset
… is not certain, but Maurice de Gaunt (d. 1230) granted land there, lately held by Geoffrey of Erleigh, to Hugh … in 1277 and was succeeded by James Trivet who gave the land with the services of free tenants to St. Mark's hospital, Bristol, in 1315. The land was then probably absorbed into Pawlett Gaunts manor. 62 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 36 p., of which 2746 acres are arable, meadow, and pasture land. It is situated on the river Medway, which has a wharf … Stourbridge to Bromsgrove, comprises 1465 a. 1 r. 23 p. of land, interspersed with coppice wood. The soil is generally … been commuted for 140, and the glebe comprises 30 acres of land. The church has a wooden tower with a low spire. …