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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1536 when the rents of the customary tenants were worth 53 s. 3 d. and those of the free tenants 44 s. 10 d. 88 There … Mill common, which contained some marshland and some woodland, comprised c. 106 a. and Foss common, the better … William Blackwell at Winstone wood. 6 Blackwell held other woodland in Miserden 7 and was probably mainly interested in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the main settlement stands on a large exposure of fuller's earth 3 and the soil is stone brash resting on clay. 4 The … in almost equal areas and a considerable extent of woodland in the Frome valley, including Winstone wood in the … names deriving from the Roman road, were situated. 5 The woodland of the parish was recorded from the 13th century 6 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of George, Dorchester division of Dorset, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorchester; containing 422 inhabitants. The … 1500 acres, of which 500 are arable, 600 pasture, and 400 woodland; the soil rests upon chalk and gravel. The living is … 274 acres are arable, 447 meadow and pasture, and 335 woodland. The soil rests upon chalk and flint, and is in some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of Wulfhere's charter, little is recorded of the history of the place … the Old Nene at Outwell, and thence to the Ouse at Salter's Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and Suffolk. An act … of which about 900 acres are arable, 649 pasture, and 61 woodland: the soil is in general chalky. The living is a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 acres. Before this time various creeks, such as Carlton's Creek, 5 penetrated a long way inland and allowed the … In Leverington: the Marsh, Spitalfield, Thummins, Margerie's Croft, Farthing Field, Outnewlands, Fen Croft, Church … consisted of the house and 87½ acres, 5 of which were woodland surrounding the house, 11½ arable and the remainder …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east … at a capital messuage, 265 acres of land, 5 of them woodland, a marsh, a windmill, 2 fisheries producing 57 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … obsolete since the reform of the corporation in the 1830's, but the names Castle, Timber Market, and South Brink have …
A History of the County of Sussex
… part of the parish 11 and presumably comprised mostly woodland. 12 In 1427 the combined acreage of the two parks … 15 but it was still called the great wood in 1612. 16 Much woodland remained in the north part of the parish in later … 1181 and 1204, were presumably his descendants. 54 William's son Henry 55 had apparently succeeded by 1210, 56 and was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … 1577 acres are arable, 448 meadow and pasture, and 63 woodland; the surface is undulated, and the views from the … of which 878 are arable, 3441 pasture, and upwards of 1000 woodland and plantations. The subsoil is in general a blue or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … whereof 355 acres are arable, 2318 meadow and pasture, 103 woodland, and 779 moor, which is famous for grouse. The soil … which 3000 acres are arable, 2814 meadow and pasture, 1536 woodland, and 562 common and waste. The living is a rectory, …