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A History of the County of Northampton
… which varies in quality, is mainly clay and gravel, with a subsoil of clay and ironstone. Harper's Brook, which flows into the Nene, forms its northern … December 1687, and was buried at Manhasset, Long Island, U.S.A. [from inscription on screen]. In 1570 the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Malmesbury MALMESBURY The Town of Malmesbury stands on a steep hill almost encircled by the Tetbury and Sherston … eastwards, come within 200 m. of each other at the town's north-western corner, diverge, and meet at its southern … emigration of labourers to work in the oilfields of Ohio (U.S.A.). In 1891, the last date for which figures are …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and 4 miles south-west of Ilchester. Probably in origin a royal Saxon estate, it had its own market and fair from the … Langport had a coal-yard north of the river in Long Load's Kingsmoor allotment in 1824, and there was a salthouse … by the latter's son, Robert Leach of Largo, Florida, U.S.A., lord in 1974. 139 In 1633 Robert Wills of Martock …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (now known as Stonor) in the south. Portways was never a tithing and was settled in comparatively recent times, … are given in a charter of 774, 8 preserved in Hemming's Cartulary, of which the relevant parts were written in the … now. (iii) A projection at the north-east corner of hall (U), of which the gable is traceable internally at roof level, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by constant 'processioning'. The custom is referred to in a dispute which occurred in 1636 between Edmund Symeon of … still used as one in the 18th century. 9 William Burgess's map of 1736 marks a section of it as 'Thame Way'. 10 … arms are in the Avery Library of Columbia University, U.S.A. They are attributed to the architect, John Sanderson …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 9 miles (14 km.) south of Banbury. 1 It covers 2,906 a. (1,176 ha.) of mainly limestone uplands, intersected by … bank of the Dorn in the middle of the parish, and Sesswell's Barton, earlier Barton Ede (from its 14th-century lord … prevent the building of new houses, and emigration to the U.S.A., Canada, and Australia was encouraged and assisted. 46 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Stogumber STOGUMBER Stogumber is a large, roughly triangular, parish stretching 7 km. in each … with a so-called Iron Age camp known in 1578 as 'dead man's burial', 13 Catford, and Escott suggest the early … which they called Stogummer (now Falmouth, Maine, U.S.A.). 86 MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. There were nine …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and northeast, and in 1842 the parish measured 2,913 a. 4 Alterations to the boundary with Glastonbury in 18834 … from Street Cross along Portway to Marshall's Elm and across the southern boundary. In 1675 it was part … By the late 19th century shoes were exported to Australia, U.S.A., and South Africa but there was growing competition …
A History of the County of Somerset
… TINTINHULL The ancient parish of Tintinhull, 1,828 a. in extent, 1 was formed by two irregularly-shaped areas … points of 180 ft. on the Yeovil road and 167 ft. at Perren's hill are formed of Pennard sands. Further south the land … facade was reproduced at Somerset House, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. in 1918. S.R.O., DD/SAS PR 454, map of part of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Wroxton WROXTON 1 The parish of Wroxton (2,543 a.) 2 lies 3 miles westnorth-west of Banbury and includes the … casements. Two are dated: Wroxton Cottage is inscribed 'I.S. 1736' and another, some 30 yards to the west of the old … is now at Roneale Manor, Elkins Park, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.: cf. F. C. Eden, 'Heraldic Glass at Roneale Manor', …