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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… on all sides, with a steeper slope on the N. and W. The area, including the defences, is about 15 acres. The defences …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.W. the land is Kimmeridge Clay, partly covered by an area of Plateau Gravel. Woolland village and the former … S. there are no certain remains to the S. of the road, the area being much disturbed, but the dyke possibly continued on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… store-houses, occupying three sides of a quadrangle, the area of which is filled with vast quantities of shot and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… are at least three underground passages within the moated area and two of these are accessible, their position being …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 75 NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated … m. in diameter, within an oval enclosure, 1.5 hectares in area ( BNFAS 6 (1971), 19; NDC A14, P84). A flint scraper and flake were discovered in the same area in 1981 ( c. SP 740574; NDC P245). a(2) Ring Ditch and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there was some early inclosure for sheep farming the area was largely one of nucleated villages surrounded by open … Ages of convertible grassland in leys. A feature of the area was the development within a single vill of two separate … the difference between open and closed villages in the area. Wootton hundred c.1845 In the mid 19th century Wootton …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands of central … which remained a dominant influence in the west of the area throughout the Middle Ages. Godstow abbey was … both called Newland, at Eynsham and Cogges. Much of the area was devastated by plague in the 14th century, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was transferred to it from Savernake parish, and a small area was transferred from it to Savernake. Wootton Rivers … Downs crosses the parish from east to west. A small area in the extreme north is overlain by clay-with-flints. 99 … 20th. Most of the village was designated a conservation area in 1975. 20 In 1997 c. 25 houses built before 1800, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the later English style, inclosing a spacious quadrangular area, on the south side of which is the ancient refectory of … Lat.), and from 2 14' to 3 0' (W. Lon.); and comprises an area of upwards of 780 square miles, or about 500,000 acres. … the county approaches a parallelogram, two-thirds of the area lying east of the Severn; but its boundaries are …
A History of the County of Essex
… to hold 2 ploughs, suggesting a slight increase in the area under cultivation. The 19 sokemen had 2 ploughs. Total …