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A History of the County of Sussex
… northwards and westwards to the river Adur. The chief stream runs roughly east- west between the two Lower Greensand ridges. It seems likely to be the 'alder stream' from which the parish derives its name, 8 and was … inhabited c. 1937, and was used in 1956 as a nurseryman's store; 43 it was later demolished. Yew Tree House at the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are employed. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 26. 6. 3.; patron, the Bishop of Salisbury; … of worship for Wesleyans. Near a farmhouse called Pierce's Lodge, are vestiges of a British encampment; and in the … its name from an ancient ford on the river Dee; the stream divides it on the west from the county of Denbigh, …
A History of the County of Essex
… in its resources, the manor doubled in value from 30 s. to 60 s. between 1066 and 1086. On the 40 a. which became part of … meadows lay along tributary streams. By 1392 Aldham Hall's demesne meadow was also on the Colne, detached from the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… with traces of a moat, adjoining the site of the Bishop's Palace. 1 The boundary follows the rife, crossing the … Here it turns south-east by Lidsey, to meet another small stream which forms part of the eastern boundary of the parish … leaving ways and setting up gates for access to each man's piece. 16 A further 400 acres of common at Westergate were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 miles (S.) from Ulverston; containing 907 inhabitants. Immediately … the west it is bounded by the Avon, and on the north by a stream which falls into that river. The soil is of the most … short distance west of the village. There is not a running stream in the parish; the Bourne rivulet separates it from …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… part in 1799 17 was probably that beside the trainer's house which had been converted as cottages by 1912. 18 Of … 1260s, 40 lies in a gap between two hills through which a stream runs and was the earlier and more important. The … were built both on the northern boundary, 55 called Allen's Lodges c. 1882, and south-west of the village. 56 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Worcester; containing 434 inhabitants. This place is … rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 9 miles (S. E.) from Lewes; containing 668 inhabitants. It is bounded … derives its name from the river Allen, a small but rapid stream which rises in the hamlet of Allenheads, in East …
A History of the County of Stafford
… granted to the priory by his son Robert (II). Robert (I)'s brother Eugenulph and others further contributed to the … Earl of Derby. 21 For the first century of the priory's existence the appointment and deposition of the prior was … transferred to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. Although the stream of donations to Tutbury now dried up, the Lancastrian …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… of Allerthorpe and close to Stone beck. Allerthorpe's name suggests a subsidiary Scandinavian settlement, but … are based upon sand and gravel deposits. 5 Allerthorpe's open fields lay on the higher ground around the village, … in 1818 the Pocklington canal was completed along the beck's course. 12 Part of the canal and one of its locks lie just …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish of Great Budworth, union and hundred of Northwich. S. division of the county of Chester, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Nether Knutsford; containing 427 inhabitants. … Stretford, union of Weobley, county of Hereford, 4 miles (S. E.) from Kington, near the road to Hereford; containing …