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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… south-east by a branch of the Mersey, called Wallasey Pool or the new Birkenhead Float. Bordering on the sea are … side is an ancient mansion denominated Mockbeggar Hall, or more properly, Leasowe Castle, formerly a seat of the … about 2038 acres, of which the soil is generally a strong clay, producing good wheat; Wallsend township consists of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the rest of the Mainland by a narrow isthmus. Papa-Stour, or Great Papa, is on the north of Sandness, about two miles … six acres; but in general they only comprise about two or three acres of arable land, with a portion of meadow or … colour from a bright red to a dark brown; and in others, clay: the lower grounds have a subsoil of sand or gravel. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the surface is hilly and undulated, and the soil chiefly clay. Whittle Pike is in the township, and from its elevated … the guns measured ten feet in length; all were of wrought or hammered iron, and were provided with rings to allow them … inhabitants. This place derives its name from a great wall or embankment raised by the Romans to prevent the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… volume. Walsall Wood was bounded on the west by Ford (or Clayhanger) Brook and on the south-east by its tributary Shelfield (or Shavers End) Brook and by Langley Brook. 4 The … on the Coal Measures, and the soil is chiefly marl and clay, with alluvium along the brooks. 7 The level of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was made on Twelfth Night of a penny for every resident or visitor in Walsall and Rushall parishes. The cost of the … The inmates were to be chosen by the vicar of Walsall or his deputy, with the consent of the lord of Rushall. The … for aged and infirm persons in the former barracks in Bullock's Row. He also gave six houses in Balls Street, the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… field. 89 It may have been the field called Lordeslegh or Lordesheye mentioned in 1399 and 1410. 90 Paddock was … to be known as Furfield, but it was again called Windmill or Vicar's field in 1756 and Windmill field in 1766. 94 The … the manor farm. 69 In the later 1380s the lord bought bullocks to fatten in the park over the summer; 55 were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… from the town centre. The drift is mainly boulder clay, but there is sand and gravel east of Bloxwich and in … suggests a settlement of foreigners, that is Britons, or of serfs. 16 The 'Walesho' of Wulfric Spot's will in the … The lower part of Ford Brook was also called Hammerwich or Hambridge Forge Brook: Pearce, Walsall, 223; H. Jacob, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… from 1781, Methodists were meeting in a flax oven on Bullock's Fold in Chapel field in the north-eastern part of … number of nonconformists was given as 200 in 1676, 99 all or most of them presumably Presbyterians. It was stated in … 'Unitarianism in Walsall is like Protestantism in Spain, or Christianity in Turkey; . . . tradition, prejudice, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… later 18th century they were linked below the church by Bullock's Row (or Road), while Pain's Yard, mentioned in 1733, ran between … Peal Street, Dudley Street, Hill Street, the Ditch, and Bullock's Row, but there has been little rebuilding. 93 An …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3215 acres, of which 858 are woodland, and 23 common or waste. The living is a vicarage, with that of Petham … White. WALTHAM-ABBAS.See Waltham, White. Waltham-Abbey, or Holy-Cross (Holy Cross and St. Lawrence) WALTHAM-ABBEY, or … partly a fine mould resting on chalk, and partly a strong clay, producing good crops of grain. The surface is flat; a …