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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… which then paid to the Dane-geld as one car. 1 The Land being found to be so much. There William Peverel had … had also of this Soc which paid the Geld for two bov. The Land one car. There was in demesne one car. one sochm. two … Hugh de Watenhou) gave to the Priory of Lenton a bovat of Land in Watenhow, 4 which Toly held, and afterwards Galfr. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the glebe consists of 8 acres of coppice, and 4 of arable land. The church contains the figures of a cross-legged … who obtained from Egfrid, King of Northumbria, a grant of land near the river, for the erection of the abbey, which he … of Leicester. Certain vicarial tithes were commuted for land in 1806: the great tithes have been recently commuted …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This township, which comprises 431 acres of arable land, is supposed to have been originally the residence of … during the last half century, has been rendered valuable land. There are some quarries of building-stone. Two sheep … which takes its rise a few miles distant; some of the land is very rich, the surface is undulated, and the scenery …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between 100 m. and 75 m. above OD. To the N. and S. the land rises to a height of between 120 m. and 150 m. above OD … N.W. of Weedon Barracks on the N. side of the R. Nene on land sloping S., at about 100 m. above OD. Although it has …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… silts, clays and sands are exposed. On the higher land in the E. and W. of the parish at around 106 m. above OD … now occupied by the park around Boughton House. Here the land-use and occupation of many centuries has been … to enclose a park at Boughton, presumably covering the land formerly belonging to the deserted village of Boughton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… manor of Market-Weighton with Shipton, were commuted for land in 1773, under an inclosure act. The church is an … net income, 493. The tithes were commuted for land in 1780. The church exhibits fine specimens of the … 131 inhabitants. It comprises about 1100 acres of land. The village is picturesquely situated in the valley of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… E. of Corby. It lies on almost flat Boulder Clay land, between 98 m. and 107 m. above OD, but the down-cutting … SP 945902; Fig. 147), covering some 60 hectares of land in the E. of the parish around Weldon Park Wood, on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… superficial deposits of Boulder Clay. In the W. and N. the land is higher and more broken and several small streams flow … furlongs often of markedly reversed-S form. On the broken land in the N.W., however, a much more complex pattern occurs …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… is over 450 ft. above sea level. The greater part of the land is covered with alluvium and boulder clay and overlies … slopes of Langton Caudle. A considerable proportion of the land is under pasture. Part of Langton Caudle in Thorpe … known as the 'Water of Lyppyng' or 'Lyffyng') and that land called variously 'Pendyng', 'Peyldyng', or 'Pellyng …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, of which 1000 are common or waste; the cultivated land is in nearly equal portions of arable and pasture. The … and comprises 1551 acres, whereof 448 are common or waste land. The road from Stratton to Bideford passes on the east. … Clinton; impropriator, W. Heddon, Esq. About nine acres of land purchased by a grant from Queen Anne's Bounty, belong to …