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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WAINFLEET, a market-town, in the union of Spilsby, Marsh division of the wapentake of Candleshoe, parts of … It comprises 972 acres, of which 450 are common or waste land. A school was erected in 1680, by James … a pleasing appendage to the town, called St. John's, or St. John's Place. A public library and newsroom is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… was a manor which Adestan had, and paid for it to the geld or tax of those times as ten bovats . There Roger the man of … of Blyth, the seat of the said Roger de Busli, whose man or tenant Roger, the said William succeeded in his tenency in … that the defendents had digged turfes in a certain marsh and made ditches which hindred the common, but the jury …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the rest of the Mainland by a narrow isthmus. Papa-Stour, or Great Papa, is on the north of Sandness, about two miles … six acres; but in general they only comprise about two or three acres of arable land, with a portion of meadow or … it, now called Dogden Moss. The term Struther signifies "a marsh." The lands anciently formed part of the parish of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Walland Marsh WALLAND MARSH IS a large level of marsh-land, part of … is in general called Romney Marsh, lying on the other or western side of the high wall, called the Rhee-wall. It … Marsh, already described before. At the depth of three or four feet under the surface of the ground, in many places …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the guns measured ten feet in length; all were of wrought or hammered iron, and were provided with rings to allow them … inhabitants. This place derives its name from a great wall or embankment raised by the Romans to prevent the … are arable, 2785 meadow and pasture, and about 60 salt-marsh; the soil is various, and the scenery in some parts …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was made on Twelfth Night of a penny for every resident or visitor in Walsall and Rushall parishes. The cost of the … The inmates were to be chosen by the vicar of Walsall or his deputy, with the consent of the lord of Rushall. The … lapsed. Victor Street Alms-houses. By deed of 1868 Edward Marsh and Harriet Lyon of Walsall settled twelve cottages on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… but it was subsequently rebuilt by either the county or the turnpike trustees and ceased to be a corporation … 2 There were several early bridges over Sneyd (or Bentley) Brook on the western boundary. Sneyd bridge on … in 1799 under an Act of 1794. It ended at a wharf in Marsh Lane near Townend Bank. 15 A tramway between the wharf …
A History of the County of Stafford
… field. 89 It may have been the field called Lordeslegh or Lordesheye mentioned in 1399 and 1410. 90 Paddock was … to be known as Furfield, but it was again called Windmill or Vicar's field in 1756 and Windmill field in 1766. 94 The … Brook and worked from at least 1576 to 1582. 86 A mine in Marsh field, leased from one Brasier from 1577 to 1581, was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… they were linked below the church by Bullock's Row (or Road), while Pain's Yard, mentioned in 1733, ran between … Street over the top of the hill to St. Matthew's. 68 Hall (or Haw) Lane ran from Digbeth to Dudley Street round the … Mills. 16. Henry Boys Alms-houses. 17. White Hart inn. 18. Marsh's Almshouses. 19. Guru Nanak Sikh temple. 20. Former …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… the souls of his ancestors, successors, and heirs, all his marsh in Acle, with all the appertenances in pure … lies by the river Bure, near its falling into the Hier, or Yar, and takes its name from its site, A-Cle, or Cley, as a place at times overflowed, thus Cley by the …