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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Gloucester-Monmouth road, following in 1620 the bed of a stream which ran only in the winter months; 4 the road was … 13 One of the detached pieces contained part of Gunn's Mills built on the royal demesne of the Forest in the early … Longhope brook, where Long meadow (12 a.) lay athwart the stream and partly in Mitcheldean. 24 Although Abenhall was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 376 are in the village of New Aberdour, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Fraserburgh. The name of this place is supposed to … with the river Forth, at this place an inconsiderable stream. The lands originally formed part of the possessions … of which latter, it receives the waters of the Duchray, a stream rising near the summit of Ben Lomond, and which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at 12. 9. 9.; patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph: the … the interest of which, together with a rent-charge of 10 s. bequeathed by Edward Hughes, is paid to the master of the … miles in length, and enlivened by the playful mountain stream of the Guilly: on each side rise lofty hills, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… county of Berks, of which it is the county town, 6 miles (S.) from Oxford, 26 (N. W. by N.) from Reading, and 56 (W. N. … king of Wessex; on which institution Ceadwalla, the king's son and successor, bestowed the town and its appendages. … formerly an ironfurnace; the machinery is worked by a stream issuing from St. Anthony's well, the water of which is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… block of land covering 437 hectares and extending S. from its boundary with Moulton Park at 106 m. above OD … Upper Lias Clay, fluvial gravel and alluvium to the S. A stream rises in the N. of Abington Park and runs S.E. through … curved furlongs extend downslope to a small S.E.-flowing stream. It also exists or can be seen on air photographs in a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 64 SE) The small parish occupies about 790 hectares on the S. side of the R. Tove. Its W. and E. boundaries are defined … (map in NRO). A more regular pattern of closes further S.W., around Abthorpe Manor ('b' on plan), probably indicates … the parish (NRO; Fig. 21) the green is shown, although its S. end had by then been encroached upon by the grounds of the …
The Environs of London
… and the neighbouring hamlets of East Acton and Friar's Place were filled with persons of all ranks, who came to … several in the neighbourhood, and some still remain. Essex's army at Acton. In November 1642, a few days before the … upon a springing Well, Whose waters flow'd, and the sweet stream did swell To such a height of goodness," &c. &c. &c. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south route through the Stretton gap, fairly … Quinny or Marsh brook marks the central part of the parish's north-western boundary where the land falls steeply down … escarpment of Wenlock Edge, comprised Alcaston manor. The stream running along the foot of the Edge is there known as …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hill, which as late as 1899 was a major obstacle: the R.S.P.C.A. and others provided a trace horse to help loads free … Avenue later joined Uxbridge Road by the former King's Arms. A highway leading south from the top of Acton hill to … and at the north-west corner of Acton common where a stream called Mill Hill brook met the lane. ACTON c.1805 In …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … was poor and rarely cultivated; meadow was valued at 1 s. an acre in 1327, 1 s. 6 d. in 1373, pasture at 3 d. in … taking gravel in 1622. 37 Gravel pit field bordered the stream just north of Acton Farm in 1828 38 and another field, …