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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 157 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Dovor, and comprises by … Woodstock; containing 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 … and in other parts of the parish, glovemaking is carried on. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands of central Oxfordshire, partly on the flat river gravels of the Thames valley, was not a distinct region; some villages …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place of strength and security. On the expulsion of that people by the Romans, it was … one of those fortresses which the praetor Ostorius erected on the banks of the Severn, to secure his conquests. Great …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… made it) had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this land, and twenty-four villains, and … (or tenant) of Roger de Busli had one car. and four sochm. on two bov. of this land, and one bord. with one plow or one … was appointed admiral of the fleet, from the mouth of the Thames northward. To this Sir John succeeded Sir Robert …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … northward a fine prospect of Reigate and the valley of the Thames, with the hills of Harrow, Hampstead, and Highgate. … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, …
A Dictionary of London
… Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side being the back side of … Wright's Buildings North out of Chick Lane to Duke's Court on the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, … See Wood Street. Wycherley's Yard On the south side of Thames Street in the parish of St. Dunstan in the east, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated ground commanding a fine prospect over the … and the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river … winding through the adjoining meadows, flows into the Thames below Marlow. It has one principal street, on the road …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. … a parish, conformably with the provisions of that act, on the consecration of the church in November 1847. The … its limits is Magna Charta island, a small islet in the Thames, on which King John, at the instance of the barons, is …
A History of the County of Sussex
… originally to have been held, near the centre of its area on the ancient lane marking the boundary between the two … century, its constituents were usually regarded, from 1316 on, as being part of Buttinghill hundred. The 5 hides of … whole of Cowfold and Shermanbury parishes. 9 The return of Kingston by Sea as part of the half-hundred in 1428 10 seems …