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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… along the ridge of Corallian hills that runs through the Vale of White Horse to the Oxford Heights. 1 In the 16th and … the Chalk Country, such as the sandy loams of the Vale of Pewsey, were suited to turnips and here they had been … whose estates lay mainly around Marlborough, in the Pewsey Vale, and the Avon Valley, but the movement of rent …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and common pastures it had possessed. So, too, had the Vale of Wardour and the Grovely Ridge. At the other extreme, … of soils. Barley was no longer grown on heavy lands in the Pewsey Vale, for instance. Sandlands, too, which had rarely … a month too early, 51 but they had their defenders in the Pewsey Vale. 52 In the thirties Merinos and their crosses …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hampshire, and Dorset; while the history of the Clay Vale is in many respects that of Somerset as well. Some of … on the 'bakelands', but also in such lowlands as Pewsey Vale and on some of the heavy clays, arable land was … part of Chalk Wiltshire, and includes a large area in the Pewsey Vale; it also illustrates the fortunes of the corn and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 82 inhabitants. It is situated in the vale of a rivulet, and comprises about 879 acres of land. … abounds with beautiful scenery, particularly in the vale of Croglin, and in the vicinity of Nunnery, the seat of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the Alne, in a fertile and richlycultivated vale, surrounded with finely-wooded eminences; and consists … are kept on the beach. The town is situated in a pleasant vale, rather below the level of high-water mark, having the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This village, which is beautifully situated in the woody vale near Fountain's Abbey, is resorted to on account of its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which 57 are common or waste. The village is seated in the vale of the Ouse, and nearly a mile to the south is Aldwark …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… with larch and fir for foxhunting and let to the Blackmore Vale Hunt. 17 In 1939 two farms were over 150 a. 18 Alford …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and on the northern verge of the fertile marshes of the vale of Derwent. The living has been united to the vicarage …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1415 the remaining 20 was granted to another esquire, John Vale. 56 In the 14th century the connexion with the mother …