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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… sport to the angler. Synton Moss, once a very extensive lake, has been completely drained, for the sake of obtaining … most places covered with brushwood, and is a fresh-water lake, abounding in trout, and distinguished for its striking … by two streams, of which that called the Peffer rises in a meadow in the lowlands, and joins the sea below Tynninghame …
A History of the County of Sussex
… together with downland pasture in the same area; riverside meadow in the south and east; and forest and parkland, the … chalk, in each of which a stream formed a pond. Swanbourne lake in Pughdean bottom, a former mill pond, lies in South … to improve its defence: a double earthwork near Swanbourne lake, and the south-westwards extension to Park bottom of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 3022 acres, of which 1780 are arable, 180 meadow, 624 woodland, 244 cinque-foil, 169 hop-ground, and 21 … 6872 a. 1 r. 36 p., of which 3128 acres are arable, 3258 meadow, 331 orchard and garden, 100 hop ground, 49 wood, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… now comprises about 1900 acres, whereof 800 are marsh and meadow land. The three places form one rectory, valued in the … 2900 acres, of which two-thirds are arable, and one-third meadow and pasture; the soil is extremely fertile. The …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… appurtenances, and one messuage, 40 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 6 of pasture, 40 of briery, and 8 shillings rent in … and 4 messuages, 3 gardens, 50 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 40 of pasture, 10 of wood, 200 of furze and heath, 10 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… twothirds of which are arable, and the remainder grazing, meadow, and orchard, with 38 acres of common. The living is a … which the greater portion is arable, and about 100 acres meadow and pasture; the surface is generally flat, and the … computation 2991 acres, of which 2367 are arable, and 584 meadow and pasture; the soil is in some parts light and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… is not recorded, but there were 4 serfs. He had 12 a. of meadow and his stock comprised 4 beasts, 23 swine, and 55 … had 1 team and the remaining arable. There were 4 a. of meadow and stock comprising 1 riding horse, 2 cattle, 7 … a demesne holding of 545 a. of arable and 73 a. of meadow, much of the arable lying in units of 20 a. and more, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2 r. 23 p., of which 571 acres are arable, 29 pasture and meadow, and 37 woodland. The living is a perpetual curacy, in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… farm in 1639 there was twice as much arable land as meadow or pasture. 14 Upper Buncton farm in the earlier 19th … there was more than twice as much arable as pasture and meadow in the ancient parish, 31 and in 1875, when wheat, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ashley manor included 760 a. arable and 21½ a. pasture and meadow, Canhams manor 156½ a. and 15 a. 59 Some of the richer …