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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Honiton, hundred of Colyton, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (E.) from Sidmouth; containing … and romantic. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 18. 15. 10., and in the gift of the Dean and … also used as a chapel of ease on Sunday evenings. Branton-Green.See Dunsforth, Upper. BRANTON-GREEN.See Dunsforth, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Most of the cultivated land was let by the abbey for 100 s. a year to a monk named Eadric, who possibly held it on … for the period from Candlemas (2 February) to St. James's day (25 July) as the holme was common for the rest of the … 1773 under an Act of 1771. Only a small part of Branston green, which stretched along the south side of the village, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton and Lichfield over the stream marking Branston's southern boundary existed by 1395. It was a county bridge … only in 1824. 14 There was a settlement called Old Pool Green in 1564 just inside Branston township, on a road north … nonconformity. P.R.O., RG 10/2903. S.R.O., D. 603/E/1/699; Parson and Bradshaw, Staffs. Dir. (1818), villages' section, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at that date probably stood at the south end of Branston green next to the turnpike gate, its site in 1823. 3 Parish … part of Burton poor-law union on its formation in 1837. 6 S.R.O., D. (W.) 1734/2/1/140, m. 8; above, Burton, local govt. (manorial govt.). Above, econ. hist. (agric.). S.R.O. 11/M/05, f. [5]; D. (W.) 1734/2/1/158, m. 7; S.R.O., …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Marble which gives way on the lower slopes to Fuller's Earth interspersed on the west with a band of limestone. 7 … via Shepton Montague and through the village to Jack White's Gibbet, but it was evidently not made until after 1810. A … hill at its northern end. At its southern end was a small green, in 1730 the site of the hanging of Jack White and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… outcrops at between 150 m. and 165 m. above OD. To the S.W. the land falls steeply across a scarp of Middle Lias … (SP 533656; Figs. 27 and 28; Plate 8), lies immediately S.W. of Braunston village on almost level gravels at about 90 … enters the site and widens to form a roughly triangular 'green' ('a' on plan). From the S. end of this green the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… between his two wives under a canopy now lost. The knight's head rests on a helm crested with a fox; his jupon is … with inscription to William Laken, a justice of the King's Bench, who died 6 October 1475, and his wife Sibyl, a … Van de Weyer. The parish includes Fifield and Oakley Green and parts of Winkfield and Cranbourne. The living is a …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… a rough triangle at the apex of which stands St. Michael's Church. The old chantry chapel may still be seen in the … work remain, chief among which are the Crown and Hind's Head Inns, both much altered and the latter cased with … and Windsor road with the road running north from Oakley Green, is the residence of Laura Countess of Wilton. Bray …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covers 1160 hectares close to the Leicestershire border, S.E. of Market Harborough. A small N.W.-flowing stream … between 91 m. and 122 m. above OD. Near the N.E. and S. boundaries the land rises steeply to a Boulder Clay upland … associated with some small embanked paddocks S. of Green Lane (SP 766841) and house-sites and small enclosures …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the Castle of Gleubervie, hearing that a party of the king's friends were assembled at this place, attacked them early … parish, is a cemetery, which is still called St. Magdalen's chapel, the only memorial, perhaps, of an edifice of that … wheat, barley, oats, beans, and potatoes, with the usual green crops. Great improvement has taken place in draining …