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A History of the County of Stafford
… The name Hope derives from the Old English hop meaning a valley, 90 probably the steep-sided dale which runs from … and another in the village by 1928. 57 The Leek & Manifold Valley light railway, opened from Waterhouses to the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and was later a packhorse way. 83 The Leek & Manifold Valley light railway, opened in 1904, ran from Waterhouses to … and his son Samuel was the first secretary of the Manifold Valley Dairies Association Ltd., which in 1912 had a cheese …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 79 The site of Oakenclough Hall to the south-west in the valley of Oakenclough brook was inhabited by the early 15th … recorded in 1406. Its site was probably in the Manifold valley north-west of Hardings Booth, where there were two … in 1571. 84 There was a house in the upper part of the valley at Thick Withins by 1406, 85 and others to the east at …
A History of the County of Stafford
… chapel and a school but no inn or shop lies in a secluded valley in the north-east corner. Elsewhere the land is upland … the west side of the township the road runs through a deep valley past Golling Gate and crosses Hollinsclough moor …
A History of the County of Stafford
… on a site from which there are views down the Manifold valley as far as Thor's Cave in Wetton may explain the first … across Lum Edge mentioned in 1662. 66 The Leek & Manifold Valley light railway, opened in 1904, ran through the east … road feed a series of small cascades in the steep-sided valley south of the house. About 1215 Geoffrey Griffin gave …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… shaped parish of 2,280 acres at the head of the valley of the R. Piddle and at the top of the main Chalk … deeply cut dry valleys drain from E. and W. into the main valley. Over the escarpment, a N.E. extension of the parish … village is now scattered for nearly m. along the Piddle valley but it appears originally to have been two separate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Little Faringdon to form the benefice of Shill Valley and Broadshire. 14 Advowson Around 1267 the advowson …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Clanna, and there was a larger group between the Cone valley and the southwest boundary. 28 About 300 a. at the … The main woods were Park grove and Yew Tree grove, in the valley of Woodwards brook northeast of the former park, … 1871. 32 The owners of Clanna planted new land in the Cone valley in the mid 19th century, and Bargains grove and new …