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Parishes: Melksham
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 7
comprises Oxford Clay with Kellaways beds. Seend Hill is composed of Lower
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Cricklade - Outer Cricklade
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 18
Cricklade - Outer Cricklade OUTER CRICKLADE SETTLEMENTS In the Middle Ages three small farming settlements, all in existence before 1086, grew up on the lands beyond the town, at Chelworth to the south-west and to the south-east at Calcutt and...
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Domesday Book: 1750-1875
A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 4, Agriculture
Domesday Book 1750-1875 17501875 The second half of the 18th century and the first three quarters of the 19th were a period of relative prosperity for British agriculture. At first export bounties helped grain prices to recover from the low levels...
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Great Bedwyn
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16, Kinwardstone Hundred
between Oxford and Salisbury via Hungerford, important in the 17th century, crosses
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Parishes: Amesbury
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 15, Amesbury Hundred, Branch and Dole Hundred
Parishes Amesbury AMESBURY Amesbury is a small town 12 km. north of Salisbury 1 at the centre of the eponymous parish, in which Stonehenge stands. 2 In the Middle Ages it had a wealthy nunnery; 3 in the 20th century it grew, stimulated by nearby...
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Roman Dorchester (Durnovaria)
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east
Roman Dorchester (Durnovaria) ROMAN DORCHESTER (DURNOVARIA) (O.S. 6 in. sheets SY 68 NE, 69 SE, 78 NW, 79 SW) 1 Introduction The site of the Roman town is a Chalk plateau rising to the W. and bordered on the N. and N.E. by the River Frome flowing...
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Leek: Leek and Lowe
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands
Leek Leek and Lowe LEEK AND LOWE (THE TOWN OF LEEK) The township of Leek and Lowe, 2,722 a. (1,105 ha.) in area, included the town of Leek and a rural area to the east, south, and west. There were also three detached areas, one adjoining the...
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