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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Arvans (St.) ARVANS (ST.), a parish, in the union and division of Chepstow, partly in the hundred of Raglan, … which is washed on the north-east by the river Wye, and situated on the road from Monmouth to Chepstow, comprises … and near which human skeletons are frequently dug up. Ash ASH, a hamlet, in the parish of Sutton-on-theHill, union …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… smell, procured in central Asia from Narthex asafoetida and other allied umbelliferous plants. It was used in medicine as an antispasmodic and as a flavouring. It was included in the Materia Medica, … (mid-period), Rates. References: Pemberton (1746). Ash [ess; aysh; assh; ashen; ashe] Although in common …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Lambourn; containing, with the tythings of Idstone and Odstone, and the hamlet of Kingstone-Winslow, 819 inhabitants. It … The name appears to be derived from the Saxon Asc, an ash, and bye, a habitation: it received the adjunct by which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Exminster, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (E.) from Chudleigh; … inhabitants. This parish is situated near the sea-coast, and comprises 2000 acres, of which 500 acres of common and … were commuted for land in 1761, under an inclosure act. Ash-Holm ASH-HOLM, a township, in the parish of Lambley, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the Poldens. 1 It lies 7 km. south-west of Glastonbury and includes Ashcott village and the hamlets of Pedwell, Nythe, Buscott, Berhill, and … in Whitley. Pedwell wood (30 a.), planted with oak, ash, hazel, maple, and thorn, was said to be saleable every …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… The walls are of flint rubble with dressings of limestone and clunch; the stair-turret of the tower is of brick. The … of the 13th century. The West Tower was added c. 1400, and c. 1525 the stair-turret was added to the tower. The … with a modern addition at the N.W. end. b (13). Pannels Ash, house, 500 yards E. of the church, with an 18th-century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) ASHINGDON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (N. by … rectory, valued in the king's books at 8. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Nottidge family: the tithes have been … The glebe consists of 25 acres. Ashreigney, or Ring's Ash (St. James) ASHREIGNEY, or Ring's Ash ( St. James), a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 Its two ancient parishes have long been united and still longer associated. The manors were owned and assessed for tax together in 1066, 2 passed to one Norman … parish. 26 In the 1340s Ashley manor had coppice woods of ash and oak. 27 In the mid 16th century the main estate, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… a broad strip of land bounded on the north-west by Roade and on the south-east by Hartwell. On the south Ashton was separated from Grafton Regis by the river Tove, and on the south-west from Stoke Bruerne by a tributary. In … until modern times, while the remainder was described as 'Ash Wood, now in coppice'. The rest of Ash Wood, just inside …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from whom it descended by female heirs to the Veres and Trussells: about 1580 it was sold by Edward Vere, Earl of … Esq., of Manchester, who has much improved the mansion and grounds, and introduced the latest system of agriculture. … name of this place is derived from the Saxon words yc, an ash, and tun, an inclosed place or town; the adjunct …