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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… encrusted with concretions of most fantastic form, while on the floor are other large petrifactions, formed by the … roof cylindrical, and its bottom composed of a fine sand. On one side of the last cave runs a very cold and pure stream … river Frome. A fair for cattle and general traffic is held on the 14th of May. The living was until recently annexed to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… estate, but the process was reversed by Cromwell, on whom the manor had been settled. 24 In 1771-2 in Woolaston … enclosed. At High Woolaston in 1743 the open fields were on the north side of the hamlet and were called Keynsham, … and 38 a. of land; 63 in 1969 it was owned by the Forestry Commission. 64 During the 19th century much land was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 942 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was … of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the …
The Environs of London
… and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, … distance of nine miles from London. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Thames, except in that part where … Greenwich to Gravesend are now under the direction of a Commission of Sewers. The Thames at high-tide is nearly a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 157 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Dovor, and comprises by … Woodstock; containing 1129 inhabitants. The parish lies on the banks of the river Glym, and comprises about 4000 … and in other parts of the parish, glovemaking is carried on. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the parish contains East Wick Farm, which possibly stands on the site of what was a small village in the Middle Ages. … 96 The parish boundary follows a dry valley and a ridge on the south-east, but no prominent natural feature marks it … Clew, Kennet & Avon Canal (1985), 69, 73. R. W. Squires, Canals Revived, 112. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 286-7, 289, 291. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place of strength and security. On the expulsion of that people by the Romans, it was … betrayed Colonel Fiennes' soldiers to Prince Rupert; and a commission was appointed by authority of the parliament, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of … to that parish in 1889. 35 Most of the parish lies on a relatively high plain which drains northwards to the … Sancti Albani (Rolls Ser.), 402. J. Boyes and R. Russell, Canals of Eng. 78-90; E.R.O., T/A 200/1; ibid. D/P 185/8/3; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remains of a Roman tessellated pavement were discovered on Broad-street common: the building of which it formed the … was divided into five separate apartments, with a passage on the western side extending through the whole length; the … other acts, enabling him to construct a series of canals from his extensive collieries here to different …