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A History of the County of Worcester
… the Teme, the land along its banks being liable to floods, and in the south-west the boundary is for the most part … at Stanford, but in a lucid interval he stole away into Staffordshire and was enticed to marry Margery daughter of … was member of Parliament for Droitwich (180716 and 18312), Worcestershire (182030) and Bewdley (18327), and on his death …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Marlborough Downs. 1 Three Saxon land charters refer to it and survey its boundaries in essentially similar ways. In the … were drawn across Wansdyke to enclose Thorn Hill and in the south were marked by tributary streams of the … of the greensand, roughly delineated by the Kennet & Avon Canal at about 425 ft. Lower Chalk outcrops in that central …
A History of the County of Worcester
… parish of Staunton lies in the south-west of the county, and is bounded on the south by Gloucestershire, being in fact … is 1,505 acres in extent, 927 acres being permanent grass and 398 acres arable land. 1 The soil is marl and loam with a … about thirty years before Nash published his History of Worcestershire. 3 This tradition is confirmed by the fact …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Cherwell, comprises the civil parishes of Steeple Aston and Middle Aston. Although remaining one for ecclesiastical … distance adjacent to Upper Heyford it follows the Oxford canal which took the line of the river there. On the … was Gilbert, who also held land of Robert of Stafford in Staffordshire. 132 The later descent is somewhat conjectural. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.). The parish, which contained two tithings, East End and West End, in the 14th and 15th centuries, 1 comprises 2,401 acres. It is in the … in the parish. The disused Berkshire and Wiltshire Canal passes through the parish. The station on the Great …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1911, 975; 1921, 1,006; 1931, 935. Stockton is a parish and large village 2 miles northeast of Southam. It occupies a … by the construction of the Warwick branch of the Oxford Canal which runs along the northern edge of the parish, and there is very little woodland. The parish is crossed by …
A History of the County of Durham
… comprises the three townships of Stockton, East Hartburn and Preston upon Tees, which are found closely associated in … the northern boundary, the eastern touches Billingham, and the western Elton and Long Newton. Egglescliffe lies to … with their modern successors, and in 1791 a 'cut' or canal across one large bend called Mandale was proposed. A …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Doddingtree Hundred. The whole parish was transferred to Worcestershire in 1897. 1 It consists of two parts, divided by the hamlet of Kyre Parva, and is watered by the Kyre Brook and Perry Brook. The road from Tenbury to Bromyard runs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lost to Ardley 685 acres, including its hamlet of Fewcot, and has since comprised 3,216 acres. 2 The parish is well … Cornbrash. On the eastern boundary the land is low-lying and liable to flooding, but the rest of the parish is upland, … Prior (Worcs.). 154 The Smythes, whose interests were in Worcestershire, soon sold Bainton, which was the subject of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… (xvi cent.). Stoke Prior is a large parish lying in mid-Worcestershire to the north-east of the town of Droitwich. It … 1 of which 994 are arable land, 2,232 permanent grass and 1 woods. 2 The village of Stoke Prior, in the west of the … are workshops and a wharf on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, which passes through a great many locks in its passage …