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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… over 500 ft. above O.D. This gentle slope is cut short by a steep escarpment caused in part by the so-called Ridgeway … into the 19th century but are now mostly in pasture. (R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821: 4453, 64457; Enclosure Maps of Preston …
A History of the County of Essex
… 5 miles south-west of Colchester, which covered 3,105 a. (1,257 ha.) in 1801, comprises the adjacent ancient … for assault gliders. 92 In 1946 it was handed over to the R.A.F. and closed, and the land reverted to agri- cultural use. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S., at an altitude of some 200 ft. above sea-level, to a maximum elevation of over 400 ft. in the N.W. The N.W. … indicate former North and West Fields. Air Photographs (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1974: 219294) reveal faint traces of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… parish lies S. of Blandford Forum, on the S.W. bank of the R. Stour, and extends over some 2,500 acres, almost entirely … occur as earthworks. Thorncombe, in the S.W., was a detached part of Turnworth until the 19th century. In … had a recorded population of eight in 1086 (D.B. Vol. I., f. 79b). It is not mentioned in the 14th-century Lay Subsidy …
A History of the County of Essex
… in possession of this estate, which was then described as a manor. 68 He was succeeded by his son Thomas who in 1332 … Between 1940 and 1948 Blake Hall was requisitioned by the R.A.F. and during this time the library and drawing room with the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… N.W. in broad valleys. The centre of the village lies on a slight ridge between the streams and is marked by a small … were found beneath or against some of the recesses (F. A. Paley, Churches near Cambridge (1844), 478; E. … a grey marble obelisk background, signed 'J. Bacon, R.A. Sculptor 1796' (Plate 51); (8), of Rev. George Leonard …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 c. 10 km. (7 miles) east of Cambridge, covered 5,987 a. until it was divided in 1894 for civil purposes, as it had … it for eight months in 1943-4. It was formally closed for R.A.F. use in May 1945, but briefly housed Belgian air force …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (SP 139315-SP 132335), is traceable on air photographs in a continuous straight line for almost 1 miles in the W. of … 13363301). Suggestions of former side ditches are noted. R.A.F., VAP F21 and F22, 543/RAF/1913: 00334. …
History Theses 1901-1970
… representation of Yorkshire boroughs, 164085. P.A. Bolton. Leeds M.A. 1966. The political career of Philip, 4th Lord Wharton, 161396. G.F.T. Jones. Oxford D.Phil. 1957. Richard Vaughan, 2nd earl of … between Lords and Commons in the reign of Charles II. A.R. Leamy. Leeds M.A. 1966. The activities of Welsh members of …
History Theses 1901-1970
… in the distribution of the population since 1800. Winifred R. Luke. London M.A. (Ext.) 1939. Cleveland and Teesside: a geographical study … Population and urban growth in east Bristol, 18001914. F. Hewitt. Bristol Ph.D. 1966. Some aspects of the growth and …
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