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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … parish comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in wood. Woodland, or Week, now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish … It comprises 1823 acres, of which about 100 are woodland, and the remainder arable, pasture, and meadow; the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … 1650, p. 14. Above, Eyton; Lilleshall; O. Rackham, Ancient Woodland (1980), 155; inf. from Dr. M. Gelling. 14th Ann. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. Wrockwardine Wood was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … known as King's wood c. 1577. 68 Much of the surviving woodland was probably cleared in the century after 1650 as …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… or continued expansion of cultivation, and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in … was worth 5 s.; it belonged to the church. Wrockwardine's woodland lay 7 km. to the east in a detached block, which … obtained much the greatest part of the great area of woodland east of Wellington. It also had rights of common on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S.) from Bradford; containing 2330 inhabitants. It is about … remainder meadow and pasture, with a moderate portion of woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books … 679 acres are meadow and pasture, 144 arable, and 284 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. W.) from Maidstone; containing 2467 inhabitants. The … about 1500 acres, of which 100 are meadow and pasture, 45 woodland, and the remainder arable; the soil is a loam, … which 1650 acres are arable, 472 meadow and pasture, 190 woodland, and 92 common and waste. The living is a discharged …
A History of the County of Sussex
… boundary west of Yapton village. 5 There was woodland yielding six swine on what was apparently Yapton … 19th and 20th centuries, however, there was virtually no woodland. 8 William of Etchingham had free warren in his … earliest known secular building in the village is Coachman's cottage in Church Lane, a probably 16th-century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the county boundary with Bedfordshire which forms its S.E. side. It consists of land sloping generally N. between … a group of fields probably reclaimed from the surrounding woodland in medieval times. It was on Boulder Clay at 110 m. … 167). In the S. part of the parish, within the existing woodland or in areas formerly wooded or used as common …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is still preserved in the name of a pass called the "Hart's leap," marked by two stones said to have been placed there … and comprises 71,410 acres, of which 2740 are arable, 640 woodland and plantations, and the whole of the remainder … and comprises 8928 acres, of which 5400 are arable, 946 woodland and plantations, sixty undivided common, and 2522 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hill. 30 Flat and well drained, nearly all Yatesbury's land is suitable for ploughing. Large areas of open field … adjoined downland in Compton Bassett. There was little woodland. 31 Yatesbury had 55 poll-tax payers in 1377. 32 In … Yatesbury copse, 5 a. north of the village, was the only woodland. North-east of that, 8 a. was planted in the mid …