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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Bishop Moss, in 1811, bequeathed 3000 for the foundation of a … in the border wars, for the protection of cattle from the moss-troopers. Whelpington Tower, now the vicarage-house, was …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… North and Roxhall moors, and wetter areas called Moze or Moss and Horse marsh. Moze was intercommoned by Wheldrake and … to continue to intercommon on Wheldrake moor and Escrick Moss. 14 The abbot supplied oaks from Wheldrake in 1527-8, 15 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are three fine lakes, called Osmere, Blackmere, and Brown Moss-water, and several brooks, one of which, Red Brook, is …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1722, and was succeeded by his nephew Edward Frith. 38John Moss sold the estate to Osgood Hanbury c. 1765, and it … ii. 216; cf. E.R.O., D/DHt T76/44 which suggests that Moss was still holding part of the estate in 1769; White's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… soil is various, consisting of sand, marl, clay, and peat-moss, resting chiefly on limestone, and there is a bed of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… clay, in others a loose gravel, and in parts sand and peat-moss. The village is pleasantly situated near the Ellesmere …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… stay with us about a fortnight. 23. Improved Anelay's chat moss, went to Smiles etc etc. Very fine. 24. Waited on Mr …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… one-fourth is arable, and the remainder rough pasture, moss, and waste. The surface is generally flat, with a … a third valley, in which is the deep and extensive moss of Kilminster, separates the parish from that of Bower. … is seldom dry; and Loch Kilminster, in the centre of the moss of that name, about three-quarters of a mile in breadth. …
Statutes of the Realm