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A History of the County of Shropshire
… For the local hill farmers' disappointment when the Clun valley failed to secure designation as an environmentally … 4. Shrews. Chron. 19 Apr. 1984, p. 2; local inf. e.g. at Laundry fm., Nesscliff ( Shropshire Star, 10 Nov. 1984, pp. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… ground north of London, and 51 degrees in the Thames Valley. Rainfall varies much more considerably than is … most, of it. The county is well watered by the rivers Lea, Thames, Brent, and Colne. The soil is fertile; it varies … common meadows 26 and their capabilities. Those near the Lea were under Lammas tenure, which did not admit of 'any …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… around Marlborough, in the Pewsey Vale, and the Avon Valley, but the movement of rent was generally much the same …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… particularly near Salisbury and up the Wylye valley, where dairy stock were now grazed. 84 This remedied …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to the original grass, whether this had been downland or valley pasture, and the loss consequent on the breaking-up … and remnants of field channels were visible in every level valley bottom. 130 Within a declining corn acreage the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… wood, and in the east 220 m. on Hawkridge Hill. The valley bottoms, converging in the north-east where Hawkridge … fertile lower slope of the Quantocks, included a shallow valley watered by a tributary of the Durleigh brook, between … in or near an ash wood, lies sheltered on the side of a valley called Holcombe running north-east. It comprises the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… places chalk and flint. The town is situated in a fertile valley; it has a willow-factory for bonnet frames, in which …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… when that officer was inquiring into a Riot on the River Lea. His daughter Dorcas married Sir Julius Csar, Master of …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… Alderman Ansley was Chairman for Sir C. Price and Alderman Lea for Shaw. Hankey was supported by ex-Alderman Lushington. …