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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (E. N. E.) from Basingstoke. It occupies a low situation on the great western road, at the point of junction of the three counties of Southampton, Surrey, and Berks, and on the western bank of the river Blackwater, which is here … county of Worcester, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Shipton-upon-Stour; containing 204 inhabitants, and comprising 669 acres. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… town described in this volume, stands in a curve of the R. Stour which bounds it to S. and W. The land varies in … brothers John and William Bastard, master-builders, who on several occasions also filled the office of bailiff or … the provision of piped water, denser building took place on rising ground to the N.E. between the Wimborne and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ST 80 NE, ST 80 SE) The parish lies S. of Blandford Forum, on the S.W. bank of the R. Stour, and extends over some 2,500 acres, almost entirely on Chalk. It includes the former parish of Littleton which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3546 inhabitants. This town, which is pleasantly situated on the road from Godstone to Reigate, is of considerable … the foundations alone are now remaining. Fairs are held on May 10th and Nov. 2nd, for horses, hogs and lean-cattle. … ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Shipston, Upper division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 11 Nov., 1689, aged 48; 'Horti Botanici Ox. Custos.' on the death of his father 4 Feb., 1679-80, Sherardian … D. W. Fredericus Elector Palatinus,' married at Whitehall on St. Valentine's Day, 14 Feb., 1613, Elizabeth, eldest … from Lincoln Coll. 1693, M.A. 1696, rector of Normanton-on-Stour, Notts, 1697, and of St. Anne, Sutton Bonington, 1703. …
Calendar of Border Papers
… and the West Isles), that the Spanyerdes are not seyn on any of those partes; and it is nowe generally beleyved in … gone for Spayne... The Papistes, sediciouse, and theves on the Borders, do still thynke that they will not retourne … behalfe, I have geven order to interteyne two botes lyinge on the east and west partes of Scotlandthat th'one thereof …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and public institutions. It is pleasantly situated on the turnpike-roads to Coventry and Warwick, and contains … by families of opulence connected with Birmingham. On the road leading to Coventry is an extensive establishment … 776 a. 3 r. 9 p., and is bounded on the east by the river Stour, derives its name from the Saxon words signifying …
A History of the County of Somerset
… dioica, C. Davalliana. Some few others have been recorded on perhaps insufficient grounds, but it is hoped that most of … are concerned) found only in Somerset: Ponia corallina on Steep Holm, but certainly originally introduced. Dianthus … by the river Cale and the Bow brook (tributaries of the Stour) into the English Channel. The southern part consists …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, formerly called Buckton, is bounded on the west and north by the river Nene, and intersected by … fair for cattle and for manufactured wares is held on the 24th of June, and two following days. The living is a … 524 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east by the river Stour, and comprises 2418 acres, of which 400 are in wood; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… more than two-thirds of the whole area; it lies mainly on Corallian Limestone and is drained by a small tributary of the R. Stour. The other part, a projection on the N.E., lies mainly on Greensand; it is intersected by …