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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… STICKLAND (8304) Winterborne Stickland, the Parish Church of St. Mary (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 NW, ST 80 SW) The parish, of over 2,100 acres, lies entirely upon Chalk and rises to an altitude of 500 ft. above sea-level. The land undulates in a branching …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) from the town of … constable, with a strong garrison, to keep the refractory barons in submission, and to check the ravages of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, … Bank'. The alterations made under the county Review Order of 1933 and the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably … 60. Cal. Pat. 1452-61, 207. Cambs. Fines 1196-1485, ed. W. Rye, 151. Ibid. 154. C.P. 25 (1)/30/101/Mich. 10 Hen. VII. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … Together they stretch about 4 miles along the old course of the Nene, and are locally considered, probably with truth, … 537. Ibid. xii, no. 254. Cal. Close, 136974, 576, 582. W. Rye, Norf. Feet of F., 369. C 142/49/62. Hist. Norf. vii, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … comprised 2,842 a. Buncton chapelry, a detached portion of Ashington parish which lay entirely within Wiston and … mentioned in the Middle Ages were wheat, barley, oats, rye, vetch, peas and beans, flax, and apples. 45 The …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the former civil parish of Newton Harcourt which is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have … through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships …