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A History of the County of Stafford
… Branston Economic history AGRICULTURE In 1086 there was land at Branston for 5 ploughteams but only … teams were actually being worked, of which 11/2 were on the demesne and 3 were worked by 5 villani and 3 bordars. … common for the people of Branston, together with those of Barton-under-Needwood who had the adjoining meadow in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Established church Established church Services were held in Branston from 1844 in a schoolchurch, converted from a stable and cowshed and licensed at the request of the newly-appointed incumbent of Christ …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Burton, Branston was originally a small village beside the river Trent but spreading in the 19th century along the Burton-Lichfield road. There is … and on the higher ground of Sinai park with boulder clay. The soil is mostly a permeable loamy soil. 6 Branston …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Branston Manor Manor In 942 King Edmund granted an estate at Branston to Wulfsige the Black, possibly an ancestor of Wulfric Spot, the founder … of 5 s. were awarded in 1500 to the churchwardens of Barton-under-Needwood and of Rolleston. 1 The park covered …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Braodheath - Brockhall Broadheath BROADHEATH, a hamlet, in the parish of Hallow, union of Martley, Lower division of the … are common or waste; the soil is in some places a strong clay loam. The Boldre or Lymington river flows past the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bratton Seymour BRATTON SEYMOUR Bratton Seymour in 1840 The ancient parish of Bratton Seymour lies on the western … part of the estate, then called Bratton farm, to Charles Barton of Holbrook and the rest to Charles Penruddocke. 73 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 1: 10000 a SP 56 NW, b SP 56 NE, c SP 56 SW, d SP 56 SE) The parish is roughly lozenge-shaped and occupies 1260 … Lias clays and silts to an almost level area of Lower Lias Clay at around 120 m. above OD cut into by two E.-flowing … the adjacent deserted village of Wolfhampcote to the W., in Warwickshire. In the N. of the parish, in a small valley …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brawby - Bredbury Brawby BRAWBY, a township, in the parish of Salton, union of Malton, wapentake of Ryedale, … The township comprises 2236 acres, the soil of which is clay, gravel, and sand; the surface is undulated or hilly. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Bray with the borough of Maidenhead Introduction, borough and manors … Maidenhead and Windsor. The subsoil is Reading and London clay, but Maidenhead stands on the chalk. The village of Bray … Michael's Church. The old chantry chapel may still be seen in the churchyard, at the south-east corner of which is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… BRAYBROOKE (OS 1:10000 a SP 78 NE, b SP 78 SW, c SP 78 SE) The parish is roughly square and covers 1160 hectares close … Harborough. A small N.W.-flowing stream crosses the parish in a broad, open valley, floored by Lias Clays, between 91 m. … N.E. and S. boundaries the land rises steeply to a Boulder Clay upland at about 152 m. above OD. The major monument of …