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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whiting is made, and which is also burnt for lime. The river Hull passes near the township, and has a commodious … This parish, which is bounded on the north by the river Frome, comprises 1700 acres. The living is a rectory, … The church is a small structure with a low tower. Upon the river are the remains of a castle of quadrangular form, built …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… century. At the E. end of the village the road crossed the river by a ford until 1735 when the Earl of Westmorland …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes gently N. from … partly heathland while the N. is largely on a wide gravel river terrace. Two holdings in Woodsford, presumably East …
A History of the County of Oxford
… apprantely recently built on corporation land next to the river. 31 The corporation let it as the Malthouse until the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old Woodstock river crossing. 90 The south boundary divided Woodstock from … by the line of an existing road bending towards the river crossing. The straight frontage of Oxford Street's east … The part of Oxford Street descending steeply to the river was called Hollow Way by the early 16th century. 58 It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Thomas Browne (d. 1621) who rented a malthouse by the river (later the White Hart inn) and built another at his new … 'soft skins' and white leather, and, in a limepit near the river, a further 350 sheepskins, 25 doeskins, and 3 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the south bank of the river Glyme; the fee farm rent of 2 13 s. 4 d. suggests that … the 'bays' or sluices in the meadows, repaired the river banks, and cleansed the river, the ditches, and the corporation brook; 52 the last, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cold and pure stream of water, the primary source of the river Axe. Wookey-Hole WOOKEY-HOLE, a tything, partly in the … issues a stream that flows through the village into the river Frome. A fair for cattle and general traffic is held on … 311 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the river Rother, and comprises about 2300 acres, of which 767 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part … Clay, well-wooded to the E. around Woodstreet, to the river terraces along the Frome; the N. part, beyond the river terraces, is an extensive area of heathland on Bagshot …