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A History of the County of Oxford
… forest in the Anglo-Saxon period. The site, on the north bank of the Glyme opposite Blenheim Palace, was occupied … applied to a small hamlet outside the park on the north bank of the Glyme; the hamlet, later Old Woodstock, lay in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… goats were kept. Here is a branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription library is supported, and a … Tuesday in May a general fair takes place on Weetwood Bank, a mile and a half distant from the town. The powers of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… E. of the Abbey is a rectangle of 2 acres bounded by a bank and a broad ditch crossed by a causeway on the W. In the … see Monument 7). In the meadow 250 yds. W. of the Abbey a bank, some 27 ft. across and 1 ft. above a ditch on the W., …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… only the moiety that could be fished from the east bank of the river belonged to Woolaston. In 1086 four …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Severn forms the southern boundary, the pills along its bank being much silted and the bank suffering erosion. 6 On the south-west the boundary … of the parish at Madgett where the nature of the strong bank and ditch suggests that it was built to protect the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Whitewalls, Abbey Passage or Ferry farm on the east bank of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey, and Brockweir …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… rampart (Plate 1) with slight traces of an outer ditch and bank towards the W. end. With the exception of some slight … by a continuation of the N. scarp, here forming a low bank, the entrance lying between the two. Against this bank, recent excavation has uncovered the rubble foundations …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… faces S. up a sharp rise, is about 160 yds. long. The bank is 30 ft. across and about 3 ft. high; the ditch is 21 … is at least 100 yds. long but has been much damaged. The bank is 12 ft. wide and 2 ft. high; the ditch is 15 ft. wide … deep. On the N. the ditch is cut away by a quarry but the bank appears to run out at the shoulder of the ridge above a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Irelands, of Bewsey. The township lies on the bank of the Mersey, on the road to Manchester; and comprises … of Merton College, Oxford. The church, situated on the bank of the Isis, has a sepulchral chapel on the north side, … mansion, delightfully situated in an ample park, on the bank of the river. The living is a discharged rectory, …