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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Hinckford, N. division of Essex, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Sudbury; containing 188 inhabitants. This parish, … by computation 4500 acres, of which the soil is a stiff red clay saturated with moisture, and the surface …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… abolished by the act of the 5th and 6th of William IV., c. 76; and under this act the corporation now consists of a … Bramham, Upper division of the wapentake of Barkstone-Ash, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wetherby; … woodland: the soil is in general of poor quality, being a stiff clay; but the country abounds in beautiful wood and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… with lead and with tiles. The church apparently was built c. 1210, and then consisted of a chancel, Nave and S. aisle. … in 1904, when a flying buttress was built to support the W. end of the S. aisle. The remains of the 13th-century … of the second column is more elaborate and has sprays of stiff-leaf foliage and a carved head (see Plate, p. 39); the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Worcester and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (N. W.) from Worcester; containing 482 inhabitants. In this … Teame on the south, and comprises 1115 a. 2 r. 37 p. of a stiff clayey soil, the lower part of which is subject to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 6 miles (N. W.) from Malton; containing 218 inhabitants. This place is … acclivities: the soil varies from a fine (in some places stiff) brick earth to a light sand. The prospects from the … woodland, 231 down, and 85 acres homesteads, orchards, &c. The living is a donative; net income, 540; patron and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Chafford, S. division of Essex, 11 miles (S. W.) from Chelmsford, and 18 (E. N. E.) from London, on the … valued in the king's books at 15, and in the patronage of C. Bidwell, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for 604. 16.; … 1632 acres. The soil is various, but the greater part is stiff clay; and the surface is flat. The village is of neat …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… undulated, and the soil in some parts clayey, in others a stiff loam, resting chiefly on lias limestone: a small … patron, R. Turberville Turberville, Esq.; impropriator, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq. The church, an ancient structure, … hundred of Rhs, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 11 miles (W. S. W.) from Haverfordwest; containing 178 inhabitants. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Park. The soil is fertile but varied, being mainly stiff in the north and west and lighter in the south and … from the parish church. The township had some 60 houses c. 1680 10 and by 1811 210 inhabited houses with a population … in 1857 by 'Mr. Swann of this town' at the expense of T. W. Giffard, was mentioned in 1860 and 1868 as possessing 'a …
London Bridge
… for 1420-1 242. [p. 443] In the 8th year of Henry V. W Weston and R. Stile Wardens. Payments of all wages of … 4 days and 2 nights, 7s. 11d. Item to a certain J. Heed / Stiff / Bernard / Warewike / Asshefeld / and Simond, … 28 June, paid to Richard Beek, J. Catelyn senior, John C. junior, and John Houswif, masons, for the week as before, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bridgwater Churches CHURCHES. Between 1088 and c. 1107 Walter of Douai gave the church of Bridgwater with … 60 If the jambs of the north porch doorway, with stiff-leaf capitals of the early 13th century, are in situ … were removed in 1849 when the church was restored under W. H. Brakspear and the stuccoed plaster ceiling of the nave …