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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and … 1819 included £500 to Bernasconi for stucco and £1,000 to Tatham for furniture. The latter received a further £580 in …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … and licence to impark 600 acres of wood, moor and marsh within the said manor; Cal. of. Chart. R. IV, 486. 1347 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Withington is a parish 4 m. N.E. of Hereford. The church and Thing Hill Grange, which retains much of its 14th-century … local sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material and the roofs are covered with slates. The Chancel and Nave … building, perhaps originally a pigeon-house. b(11). Marsh Farm, house, on the E. side of the road, 1,600 yards …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … in 1666 during the Dutch wars. 43 There is evidence of marsh drainage in 163940 and 16467, and the sea walls were … included 104 a. of arable, 24 a. of feeding or mowing marsh, 15 a. of meadow, and 12 a. of wood, while New Years …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … narrow strip of flatter land, which is probably reclaimed marsh and foreshore, widens to the east and west around the … Minor flooding has always occurred quite frequently in the marsh- land alongside the river, 89 where the houses at The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is … 460 acres are arable, 998 pasture and meadow, 368 salt-marsh, 697 heath and warren, and 162 woodland. The strata …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of … is an elegant monument by Chantrey, in memory of R. B. Marsh, Esq. Wombridge (St. Mary and St. Leonard) WOMBRIDGE ( … arable, with a small portion of grass-land; 391 are rough marsh, turf-grounds, &c., 115 wood and plantations, 72 heath, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … valued in the king's books at 13; net income, 70; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the … be paid to the king. The charter also granted a valuable marsh or meadow called le Pool, the later corporation … meadows were granted by the Crown in 1453 as a lake or marsh called le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the south bank …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … contains about 650 acres of land 1, of which about 380 are marsh on the Essex coast 2, 50 marsh on the Kentish side of the river, about 40 acres of …