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The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half … anno 1643; (collected 8s. 5d.). The town of Douglas in the Isle of Man, burnt by Turkish pirates, 1644; (collected 1l. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county … ( St. Edmund), a parish, in the liberty of East Medina, Isle of Wight division of the county of Southampton, 4 miles …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (N. … it are most extensive, commanding the English Channel, the Isle of Wight, Brighton, and the whole range of coast as far …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the … to Dieppe in 1814, 7 and steam boats from Brighton to the Isle of Wight called at Worthing c. 1826 and perhaps c. 1843. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, … of its inhabitants. At Smallmouth is a ferry to the Isle of Portland. Wykeham (All Saints) WYKEHAM ( All Saints), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the … a representative borough, in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight division of the county of Southampton, 10 miles … marble, of Sir Robert Holmes, formerly governor of the Isle of Wight. The edifice underwent a complete repair in …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1500-1714 Yaire-Yule Yaire-Yule Yaire, Thomas s. William, of Laverstoke, Northants, sacerd. Queen's Coll., matric. 12 … 1620, perhaps dean of Winchester 1616, vicar of Brading, isle of Wight, 1632. See Foster's Index Eccl. & Lansdowne … 1701; one of these names vicar of St. Nicholasat-Wade in Thanet 1701, and of Chislet, (both) Kent, 1705. See Foster's …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which is of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) from Narberth; … inhabitants. This township, the name of which means "the isle of nine habitations," is situated on the banks of the …