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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… well inside the still remaining wooded areas of Rockingham Forest, between 75 ft. and 250 ft. above OD. The higher parts …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on the S. of the R. Welland. Although outside Rockingham Forest, there are 196 hectares of purlieu wood in the S. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bickleigh. The church is situated on the verge of Dartmoor Forest. Lady Modyford, in 1719, gave a school-house, with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… its name, in the Gaelic signifying "the deep glen in the forest," from the situation of its church in a sequestered … fir, and larch, interspersed with oak, ash, and other forest-trees; they are under careful management, regularly … that district was called Hartside; but the ancient forest which was their accustomed haunt has long since …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Walshule, from its situation in or near an extensive forest, resorted to by the Druids for the celebration of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Shelfield formed part of Cannock forest by the later 12th century, and the wood of Walsall was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… suggests, the area was once a well-wooded part of Cannock forest. Much of it remained common or waste until the 19th … when the wood of Walsall was a distinct part of Cannock forest. 28 Squatting on the extensive commons was in progress …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 12th century most of Walsall parish lay within Cannock forest. Only the area south and east of the Holbrook was … in severalty had emerged. As in other parishes in Cannock forest 77 there were several groups of small and irregular … evidently intercommoning between Walsall and neighbouring forest parishes. Thus in 1281 Margery le Rous had common in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Field Street School, see Richard C. Thomas Schools. Forest Comprehensive School was opened in 1973 in the … in 1955, and extended in 1971-2. 22 It was reorganized as Forest Comprehensive School in 1973. 23 Scientific and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… origin. 20 Most of the parish lay within Cannock forest, a fact which influenced its early agrarian … Holbrook in the 1286 description of the bounds of Cannock forest ( S.H.C. v (1), 166-7), the brook of Walsall in 1310 ( …
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