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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract; containing 1828 inhabitants. This … is 1524 acres, of which 717 are arable, 570 pasture, 150 woodland, and 82 hop-ground, &c.; the surface is very hilly, … portions of arable and pasture, with a small quantity of woodland. The soil belongs to a number of proprietors, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south route through the Stretton gap, fairly … in conjunction with work on the Hall and grounds, 76 all woodland in the parish, previously let with the individual … 725 a. (41 per cent), meadow 200 a. (12 per cent), and woodland 180 a. (11 per cent). About half of the arable, on …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… several crofts of arable and pasture, with some remaining woodland, and at least two farms situated away from the main … 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … in 1327, 1 s. 6 d. in 1373, pasture at 3 d. in 1327, and woodland at 6 d. at both dates, being of slight growth in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a rent charge for teaching six poor children at 1 s. a week, which was paid out regularly by the churchwardens … when there were also two boarding schools for tradesmen's children and two or three other small schools. 38 In 1833 … and South Acton, All Saints', in 1868, while Turnham Green's Roman Catholic school moved to Acton Lane in 1864. 44 By …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… grounds in the early 20th century, 73 but most of the woodland had been cleared by the 17th century, even on the … over more than a hundred years. By the 17th century Acton's proximity to London had made it a summer retreat for … the village from the mid 17th century. In 1664 the town's 50 chargeable houses included all those in the parish with …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The manor of ACTON was a division of the bishop of London's manor of Fulham, which he acquired between 704 and 709. 36 … and hunting, were leased to Thomas Langthorne of St. James's, Westminster, for 21 years, 40 and in 1738 he was appointed … also granted land near Bollo bridge meadow and 20 a. of woodland. In 1239 the dean transferred the estate to the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… just west of the Steyne, it was known in 1802 as Trafford's well. 84 In 1831 Acton was said to be plentifully supplied 85 but in 1848 the vestry's sanitary committee reported a general want of pure water. … on ponds. 86 In 1861 the Grand Junction Waterworks Co.'s area was allowed to include Acton 87 and in 1879 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the parish of Holme-Pierrepoint, union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Nottingham; containing 25 inhabitants. The … 962 acres are arable, 2493 pasture and meadow, and 294 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… An Iron Age sword with decorated scabbard mounts (Piggott's Group V or 'Battersea' type) was found in 1968 in the … (1978), 169). *c(24) Enclosures and Ditches (TL 003815), S.W. of the village, on river gravel at about 40 m. above OD. … and was formed by steam ploughing after the clearance of woodland (D. N. Hall, Wollaston (1977), 138). 31 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… PAGE 341. There are several meeting houses in St. Paul's parishof the Quakers one, the Independents two, of the … PARISH is of no great extent; it has about ninety acres of woodland, and a considerable quantity of waste ground, … hundred and sixty meadow and pasture, and about eighty woodland; there is no waste land. The soil in the upper part, …