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A History of the County of York North Riding
… chase of the Earls of Richmond. 3 The bounds of the forest in the early 13th century 4 were thus set out: 'The rivulet … 1610 Thomas Metcalfe mortgaged it to William Robinson of Worton, who foreclosed in 1617. Sir Thomas then laid siege to … been found. From here a road runs east to the hamlet of Worton, and thence to Thornton Rust. This village derives …
A History of the County of Oxford
… liable to flooding. The bridge between them was mentioned in 1641. 4 The land of the ancient parish varies in height … Norton, an ancient route, divides Barford from Nether Worton. The central portion of the southern boundary has an … hill, roughly bisecting the arc between the Hempton and Worton roads. 10 The nearest railway to the village was the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Cherwell and other meadows bordered the brooks in the north 5 and east. 6 At the end of the 18th century … the chief route for traffic from Worcester to London and in the 17th century at least was regularly called London Way. 9 It was made a turnpike in 1718. 10 In the Middle Ages the present by-road, which …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the Vale of the White Horse. Like most of the parishes in this hundred, it is long and narrow, and is crossed from east to west by the Ridgeway and the Portway, and in the north by the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal and the … till 1221. 116 Henry was holding land in Childrey and in Cassington (Oxon.) about 1230, when his son William was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or Middle Cowley formed a detached part of Iffley parish in the middle of Cowley until 1885 when it was transferred to … were transferred to Forest Hill and St. Clements, and in 1886 Hockmore Farm and Cottages were also transferred from … and their land came to the Templars. The de Kersinton (or Cassington) family lived probably in Hockmore Street and were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… km.) north of Oxford and 5 miles (9 km.) south of Banbury in the north Oxfordshire uplands. 1 The large parish, 4,246 … for certain rights there. 4 The western boundary, with Worton, follows a stream, bordered in 1591 by Ilbury hedge, 5 … taxation, being included with Duns Tew in 1327 and Nether Worton in 1334. 134 Later references were to Ilbury pastures …
A History of the County of Oxford
… road (an ancient ridgeway) and a small stream known in the 13th century as Merewellake; 2 part of the southern … together with the whole of the western boundary with Worton, follow field boundaries. By 1229, though there was … field names. The village is connected by lanes with Over Worton, Ilbury in Deddington, North Aston, Middle Aston, and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… subsoil Yoredale Rocks and Millstone Grit, with alluvium in the river valleys. 2 From a height of 300 ft. on the river … date, lying about 1 miles west of the village in a remote spot close to a by-road leading to Coverham. The … (Rec. Com.), v, 241. For the barony of East Witton see Worton in Aysgarth; Exch. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), file 237, no. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Devizes. 2 It covers 1,846 a. and is long and narrow in shape. 3 From the north-eastern boundary at Mill Farm … 20 The lane to Mill Farm (formerly Winsmore's Mill) and to Worton (in Potterne), which branches off that which formerly … d. 1828), planted Greenlands wood east of the road to Worton (in Potterne) and Cheverell wood on the northern …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Tew may refer to a long ridge, of which there are several in the area, but the derivation remains uncertain. 2 The form … Tew's importance as an early ecclesiastical centre: Nether Worton was a dependent chapelry until the 17th century, and … from the Square along the north wall of the park to Nether Worton was declared a bridleway at inclosure in 1767. 18 …