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A History of the County of Oxford
… a newly-made ditch across Port Meadow towards the 'Ox leys of Godstow' (later Great Lamb Leys), whence it followed Wycroft Lane to Brooman's … borough in 1948. 41 The new housing estate of Blackbird Leys (369 a.) was brought into the county borough in 1957 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… c. 1694 as c. 288 a. Some strips in all three were leys by the 1690s. The open fields were reckoned to contain … exercised until after 1800, the Down, with Gallow Leys (20 a.), having been left since the 1650s as permanent … much reduced from the original 300 a. to 135 a., including leys, in 1970, as it ceased to stock sheep in 1964, pigs c. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… described for sale as comprising deep feeding pastures and leys. At another farm sale, in 1955, it was suggested that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at 7. 14. 4.; net income, 268; patrons, the Hon. E. R. Petre and the Prebendary of Wistow, the former of whom is …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [Patents (1716)]. Part of the process produced 'Oil of Petre' or mineral TURPENTINE, which was subsequently marketed …