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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Saints) BOUGHTON ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Downham, hundred of Clackclose, W. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (N.) from Stoke-Ferry; containing 209 …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… privileges granted were to be enjoyed, and the boundaries of the borough were indeed not set down until the 17th … Middle Ages as it did later, not only the built up area of the town but also the farmlands of the townsmen and the … in 1976 and a high footbridge built on its site. 64 Railways Soon after the opening of the Hull and Selby line in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bourton BOURTON, a tything, in the parish and hundred of Shrivenham, union of Farringdon, county of Berks, 7 miles (S. W. by S.) from Farringdon; containing …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Bourton-on-the-Water BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER (15 miles N.E. of Cirencester) The position of Bourton in the angle between the R. Dikler and the R. Windrush, mostly on gravel, on the line of the 'Jurassic Way', has favoured settlement since the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Boxwell Bowesden BOWESDEN, a hamlet, in the parish of Lowick, union of Glendale, E. division of Glendale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 9 miles (N.) …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Bowood BOWOOD Bowood liberty consisted of land imparked c. 1618 and formerly part of Chippenham forest. 88 In 1709 the justices at quarter … found that the liberty included settlements on the edge of the park called Mannings Hill, Cuff's Corner, and Buck …
A History of the County of Essex
… was probably concentrated in the north-west and north-east of the parish where the Boxted Hall and Rivers Hall demesnes … next to Cestrewald. Boxted's large and increasing number of bordarii, as well as its 38 goats, may suggest that woodland clearance was in progress by 1086. 98 Hugh of Boxted gave Wix priory 6 a. of assarted land and 1 a. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) BOXWORTH ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of St. Ives, hundred of Papworth, county of Cambridge, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Caxton; containing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BRACKNELL, a large posting-village, in the parish of Warfield, union of Easthampstead, hundred of Cookham, county of Berks; 4 miles (E.) from Wokingham, on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Sherborne, Sherborne division of Dorset, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Sherborne; containing 652 inhabitants. It comprises 1139 a. 1 r. 30 p., of which 774 acres are arable, 336 pasture, and 29 woodland: …