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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the power of inflicting capital punishment; Gallow-Law, on the north side of the Breamish, being the place of … the surface mountainous, and the views very extensive. On an elevated spot called Beanley Plantation are vestiges of … ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Snitterfield division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the conversion of the natural channel of the river Avon into a floating-harbour, and also from its situation on the main road from the western counties, it has become a … of ancient architecture, with modern insertions: a spire on the tower was thrown down in 1563. St. Paul's district …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The village is pleasantly situated near Flamborough Head, on the road to Scarborough. The living is a perpetual curacy, … It comprises 259 a. 1 r. 37 p., and is situated on the sea-coast: about half a mile from the shore is a sheet … it is situated on the eastern side of the navigable river Avon, and communicates with the town of Evesham by an ancient …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 10 miles (W. N. W.) from Settle. This parish is situated on the confines of the county of Lancaster, and comprises … 2000 acres are common or waste: the soil is poor, resting on a substratum of gritstone. The surface is varied, and the … river Severn, the tides of which, flowing up the Berkeley Avon, render it navigable to the town for vessels of forty or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… commuted for 900, and there are nearly 11 acres of glebe. On the top of the western hill are the small but interesting … place, Berghamstede, is derived from its situation, either on a hill or near a fortress, which latter, from the site of … with the Thames a little below Reading. The Kennet and Avon canal, constructed under an act obtained in 1794, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… In 1291, the Commissioners appointed to examine and report on the validity of the title of the respective claimants to … of Hallidown Hill, within the borough, which took place on the 19th of July, 1333. As a frontier town, it was always … at the west end of the first-named parish, near the river Avon, and the inhabitants are employed in agriculture, and in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and about a mile and a half in breadth. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Llandebie, on the south and east by the river Loughor, which separates … Lln Fynnon-yGws, forming the several sources of the river Avon, or Tarddeni. Lln Cwellyn, one of the most celebrated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 2092 acres; the soil is clay, gravel, and peat. On the 18th of July, 1657, about a quarter of an acre of … Wesleyans. Bickmersh BICKMERSH, a hamlet, in the parish of Welford, union of Stratford-on-Avon, Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The works comprise furnaces, forges, tilts, and mills, on a very extensive scale, both for the manufacture of pig … and James Marshall, Esqrs., and their partners, who hold on lease from Miss Currer all the minerals under the east end … garden and orchard. It is bounded on the east by the river Avon, which falls into Bigbury bay, an inlet of the English …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Alnwick; containing 121 inhabitants. This place lies on the south side of the river Aln. The impropriate tithes … 1180 a. 29 p. of land, tithe-free: the village is on the old turnpike-road, equidistant from Hull and Hedon. … ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. …