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A History of the County of Worcester
… separate civil parishes of Redditch, Bentley Pauncefoot, and Webheath and the township of Tutnall and Cobley, which … 1 Tardebigge some time after 1086 was annexed to Staffordshire, and paid its fee-farm rent through the sheriff … and the two chancels, the former being supposed to be in Worcestershire, the latter in Warwickshire; from hence to …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Edmondthorpe Mere marks the northern limit of the county and parish and with the exception of a short distance on the south-west … can be obtained from the village. Remains of a disused canal pass through the parish from Whissendine to Ashwell. It …
A History of the County of Warwick
… on the ridge north of the Avon, which forms its southern and southeastern boundary. It includes the hamlets of Ardens … early in the 15th century. 8 When the Birmingham-Stratford Canal was first projected in 1792 it was proposed to … 1729, when it was sold to Bowater Vernon of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire. His son Thomas Vernon succeeded in 1735 and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… extreme north-west boundary of the county, in a sheltered and fertile valley, with views over a most beautiful country, … is a remarkable feature. It has a station 1 on the Tenbury and Bewdley branch of the Great Western and London and North … was amerced 5 marks in 1176 for trespass in the forest of Worcestershire, 102 may have held Sutton. He was followed by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Teeson. In the book of Domes day it is written TESTAN, and in the Textus Roffensis, TERSTANA. This parish is a borough, and has a court leet of itself, where the borsholder is … settled first at Yatton, and afterwards at Droitwich, in Worcestershire, when they altered their name to Butteler, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 2,123 acres are arable, 2,062 acres are permanent pasture and 614 acres are woods and plantations. 1 It formerly contained nine tithings, … ft. on Crookham Common. The Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal cross the parish, and the River Lambourn joins the …
Magna Britannia
… - Youlgreave Thorpe THORPE, in the wapentake of Wirksworth and deanery of Ashborne, lies about three miles from … of Tibshelf was appropriated to the Nuns of Brewode in Staffordshire in 1315. 5 The impropriation is now vested in … this manor and estate to Nicholas Hurt, of Castern in Staffordshire, great-great-grandfather of Francis Hurt, Esq., …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Its area is 1,271 acres, 1 of which 473 are arable land and 747 permanent grassland. 2 The soil is clay with a subsoil of Keuper Marl, and the chief crops are wheat, beans and oats. The village … the north of the parish near the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, which here passes through Tibberton, and Moor End is a …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Tredington in 1719, 1 is one of the outlying parishes of Worcestershire, being surrounded by Warwickshire on the east and west and by Gloucestershire on the south, with the parish of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Tockenham lies 3 miles south-west of Wootton Bassett and covers 779 a. 1 It is a narrow oblong and measures some 2 miles in length and mile in breadth. The … line from Paddington to Bristol and the Wilts. and Berks. Canal both pass through this gap. South of the low-lying clay …