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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1500-1793 AGRICULTURE c. 1500 c. 1793 Sketch map of farming countries In the 16th century Wiltshire, excluding enclaves, comprehended parts of various farming regions. In the north was the Cheese … and grazing. To the extreme south-west lay a small part of the Butter Country, and in the extreme south-east there …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… c. 1870 In 1794 T. Davis wrote: 'The agricultural pursuits of the inhabitants of every county or district are directed, in the first place, … those necessaries which they cannot raise, by sale of those of which they have a surplus.' 1 This statement …
Survey of London
… Albany CHAPTER XXII Albany: Stone Conduit Close Of the present buildings of Albany the 'mansion' (or Albany House) is the former … the first Lord Melbourne. Behind the mansion two ranges of chambers stretching north to Burlington Gardens were built …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Hungerford, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of … union of Skirlaugh, Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York; comprising the townships of …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… Aldermen in Parliament ALDERMEN OF LONDON IN PARLIAMENT. Until the Stuart period, and indeed until the Restoration, Aldermen of London were comparatively rarely found in Parliament except as representatives of the City. On the other hand it has been, from the earliest …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… ALDERMEN, KNIGHTS AND BARONETS. We commonly find in lists of Mayors of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries the word "Sir" prefixed to the holder of that office, whence it has been inferred that the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Alderton ALDERTON The former parish of Alderton, which was transferred entirely to Grafton Regis … in 1935, 1 occupied some 878 acres to the south and west of the river Tove about nine miles south of Northampton and three miles from Towcester. The parish was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… measures 4 miles from north to south with an average width of a little over a mile. It is mostly good agricultural land … northern edge. The church and village lie near the centre of the western boundary, here formed by the Aldingbourne … southwards past Tote Copse, a circular mound with traces of a moat, adjoining the site of the Bishop's Palace. 1 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Aldsworth Aldsworth The rural parish of Aldsworth lies 6.5 km. south-east of Northleach and 5 km. north-east of Cirencester. In 1976 it covered an area of 1,356 ha. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Allerston Alfrick ALFRICK, a hamlet, in the parish of Suckley, union of Martley, Upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, Worcester and W. divisions of …