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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… is a small rural parish 18 km NNW of Gloucester and 5 km south-east of Ledbury (Herefs.). Situated at the … ancient parish was bordered by Herefordshire to the north and west and Worcestershire to the east. Before … The Middle Ages In 1086 Bromesberrow manor had 1 plough in demesne and 14 ploughs belonging to 11 villans and …
The Environs of London
… town, sufficiently corroborates this etymology. Situation and boundaries. Land-tax. Bromley is a market town 1, lying in the hundred of Bromley and Beckenham, and situated on the road to Tunbridge, at the distance of ten …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were recorded on the two Domesday estates of Broomfield and Blaxhold in 1086, but there were only 7 ploughteams to … manor were 135 sheep, 16 goats, 17 pigs, 13 cattle, and a riding horse. More than half of the land taxed was in … Ages, the large downs or 'balls', mostly under furze and heath, were used like the woodland for pasturage. At …
Broughton Poggs Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… a thin sliver of land between Broadwell, Langford, and the county boundary, stretching for three miles (5 km) … hay for sale, and in 11956 it was restocked with oxen, a plough-horse ( affrus), and over 100 sheep. 2 In 1279 John … which he had 6-worth at his death; also worth 6 were two plough-beasts and crops ready to be harvested. 19 Turner was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… was until recently divided between Winterborne Clenston and Winterborne Stickland. The original village of Bryanston … the site of the village was occupied by a large house and its dependencies, the seat of the Berkeley Portman family … the 17th century onwards. In 1778 the house was demolished and replaced by another, and in 1890 this house was in turn …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… used to make BUTTONs, the HILT or HAFT of a KNIFE etc., and for making a BLOWING HORN, which was sometimes called a … dressed with oil in a similar fashion as a CHAMOIS SKIN and used by the cavalry [Caulfeild and Saward (1885, facs.1989)], and for other articles of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chalk escarpment which at this point is relatively low, and extensively cut into by N.-flowing streams. The S. half … the parish rises from 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level and is almost entirely Chalk; in the N. half the land undulates gently between 300 ft. and 500 ft. and is composed of Gault, Kimmeridge Clay and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of the parish is an undulating plain of clay between 70 m. and 90 m. above OD, across which the Bug Brook flows N.E. and then N. to join the R. Nene. In the extreme S. of the … capped by Northampton Sand at 120 m. above OD. Prehistoric and Roman A polished stone axe of Group VI (Langdale) type …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… possessed of it, which answered the dane-geld as two car. and two bov. and there was soc of this manor, which answered to the geld for fifteen bov. and an half. 1 The land being esteemed five car. and an half. …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… defences were very remarkable. Encircled by a broad and rapid river, which left a narrow isthmus only to defend, … in succession, the stronghold of the Roman, the Saxon, and the Norman. Coins, and other relics of their arts, attest the tenure of the …