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A History of the County of Hertford
… with stone quoins, which has a good open bellturret of wood on the roof. The school was built in 1704 and endowed in … brick fronts in High Street, in many cases having wood and plaster buildings of picturesque appearance behind …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Greene, by estimation a mile; and thence to Chipperfield Wood Corner, and thence to a lane called Shepperdes Lane, by … parts of a mile; and thence by the north part of Leavesden Wood to Water Del Street, to the pond there, by estimation a … that on the north and east sides of the house are large wood-walks which were planted by the famous Le Notre in the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… There William Peverel had three car. in demesne, pasture wood five qu. long, two broad. Another Mannor Siuvart had, … one sochm. two vill. two bord. having one car. pasture wood five qu. long, four broad. This kept the old value 40s. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… second, further S., fragment only remains. (3). In Well Wood, there are traces of a circular moated enclosure, and in Chapel Wood, on the S., there appear to be defensive works of some …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (1). Danesborough (Contour Fort), is situated in Wavendon Wood on the E. border of the county, on sandy soil and on a … and foliated fragments, early 15th-century. Pulpit: of wood, five sides of hexagon, with enriched base and cornice …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… that derived from inland plants richer in potassium like WOOD ASH and FERN ASH. Early writers were less clear about … He saw the two as distinct, the former being a product of WOOD ASH, and the latter being prepared from 'the Ashes of … have had a higher content of sodium that the usual wood ash, but would have had less than that derived from 'Sea …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… A large Iron Age pot (KM) has been found in Weekley Hall Wood (SP 8781) during ironstone-working ( Trans. Leics. Arch. … of topsoil prior to ironstone-mining S.E. of Weekley Hall Wood (SP 874813), revealed ninety-seven post-holes and two … of the woods as in Geddington Chase and Grafton Park Wood and some were aligned so that the steeples of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2931 acres, whereof two-thirds are pasture, 40 acres wood, and the remainder arable: the surface is elevated and … 1240 acres, of which 861 are arable, 364 pasture, and 15 wood; and of the whole area, two-thirds are arable, and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of land in the E. of the parish around Weldon Park Wood, on Boulder Clay at 91 m. above OD. In 1306 Richard … Basset obtained licence to enclose into a park the Halgh Wood of 71 acres, situated in his manor of Weldon. Nothing is … park had been enclosed into two fields and lay outside the wood. The original park pale is traceable for most of its …