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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… directed, in the first place, to supply their own wants, and next, to enable themselves to purchase those necessaries … virtually disappeared; the capitalist winter dairyman and the corn and sheep farmer, dependent upon cash sales and … have been expected. Likewise, in the north the spread of turnpike roads provided encouragement to inclosure in an area …
A History of the County of Sussex
… road two miles (3.2 km.) north of the South Downs, and forms a salient of Bramber rape into Lewes rape. In 1881 it had 1,763 a., and in 1971 the area was given as 713 ha. 2 In 1985 some land … high ground. The High Cross to Albourne Green road was a turnpike between 1777 and 1868. 68 Hog Lane, named in 1620, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Regis in 1935, 1 occupied some 878 acres to the south and west of the river Tove about nine miles south of Northampton and three miles from Towcester. The parish was separated from … its previous owners, the Hardingstone and Old Stratford turnpike trust, having been wound up the previous year. 85 …
A History of the County of Essex
… the road from Marks Tey on a small part of the south-west, and by field boundaries on most of the remain- ing sides; in the north-west, south-west, and south-east, however, the parish boundary ran across … on a slightly different site, c. 1828 by the Essex Turnpike Trust, using composition money paid by the lord of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the reach of a high tide. The soil is a friable loam and marl, constantly melting down; and the sea threatens … (St. Mary) ALDRIDGE ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Walsall, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Walsall; containing, with the chapelry of Great Barr, 2083 …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… parish of Aldsworth lies 6.5 km. south-east of Northleach and 5 km. north-east of Cirencester. In 1976 it covered an area of 1,356 ha. (3,350 a.) 1 and was irregular in shape with the boundaries marked by … by the county in 1836, 34 although in the same year a turnpike commissioner contracted with a Bibury mason for its …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… patterns; farmsteads surrounded by closes between them, and church and manor house by the river Brue. ALFORD, formerly noted for its medicinal waters, 1 is a small parish and village 3.5 km. (2 miles) west of Castle Cary between the …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… All Saints' church The new church; clergy and lecturers THE NEW CHURCH. HISTORY. The act for pulling down and rebuilding the church of All Saints, in Newcastle upon … the north end of Byker Hill. Here it crosses the Shields turnpike road, and runs along the east side of the cottages, …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… is less than a mile to the south-west of Allerthorpe and close to Stone beck. Allerthorpe's name suggests a … for 812 a. 3 In 1935 the civil parishes of Allerthorpe and Waplington were united. 4 The more southerly parts of the … Minster (Sur. Soc. xxxv), 241. K. A. MacMahon, Roads and Turnpike Trusts in E. Yorks. (E. Yorks. Loc. Hist. Ser. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, which includes the hamlet of Bures, and contains 1557 a. 2 r. 37 p., was anciently parcel of the … was divided among several proprietors. The soil is rich, and constitutes fine cornland; the scenery is picturesque. A … with a good parsonagehouse pleasantly situated near the turnpike-road. The church contains a mural monument to Lieut. …