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A History of the County of Hampshire
… the north-east of Odiham containing 1,582 acres of land, and 9 acres of land covered by water. The London and South Western Railway passes through the north of the … the main road at Shapley Heath. Part of the Basingstoke Canal passes through the south of the parish. The little …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… acres of arable land, 3,707 acres of permanent grass, and 46 acres of plantations. 1 The slope of the land varies … near the point where the boundaries of Wing, Cheddington, and Wingrave meet, to 475 ft. in the west. The soil is clay, … London and North Western railway and the Grand Junction Canal run along the eastern border of this parish. The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the most part in the upper half hundred of the same name, and having in it the boroughs of Wingham-street, Deane, Twitham, and Wenderton, which latter is in the lower half hundred of … and carried it in marriage to Samuel Starling, gent. of Worcestershire, who in 1718, conveyed it, his only son Samuel …
A History of the County of Warwick
… occupying an elevated situation. There is no village, and the church stands amidst beautiful rural surroundings, no … system of cultivation still in practice. Wishaw Upper and Lower Greens were inclosed under an Act of 1847, 2 and … Soley's daughter Rebecca Lugg made over her property in Worcestershire to her kinsman Col. John Folliott of Sligo. 43 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Foxcote, Hilcot, Little Colesbourne, Cassey Compton, and Owdeswell which were mostly reduced in size in the late … Abdale stream, called Dene brook in Anglo-Saxon times and in 1647, 3 and descended that stream to rejoin the Coln at Cassey …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 17th century there were disputes between its inhabitants and those of the main village regarding levies and taxes, and it was laid down at Quarter Sessions in 1631 … L.M.S.R. line to Crewe and the North, and the Oxford Canal, touch the south-west edge of the parish; the latter …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xi cent.); Wokynge, Wockynge, Wochynghe, &c. (xiii and xiv cent.). Woking is a large parish giving its name to … 6 miles north from Guildford. It contains 8,802 acres, and is in extreme dimensions 6 miles from east to west and 4 … navigation run through the parish. The Basingstoke Canal also runs through it. It is traversed by the main line …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1921, 233; 1931, 211. The River Leam forms the eastern and northern boundaries of the parish, and at the north-eastern corner the Oxford Canal, which runs across the parish, is carried over the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Parishes Wolston WOLSTON Acreage: Wolston, 2,810. Brandon and Bretford, 1,988. Population: Wolston: 1911, 879; 1921, 962; 1931, 918. Brandon and Bretford: 1911, 398; 1921, 412; 1931, 508. The parish of … Perie' was charged with a yearly payment of 20 s. to the Staffordshire abbey of Haughmond, 22 to which abbey Guy le …
A History of the County of Worcester
… are covered with water, lies on the northern boundary of Worcestershire, with Staffordshire to the north and the borough of Kidderminster to the south. The Stour …