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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; containing 71 … store-houses, occupying three sides of a quadrangle, the area of which is filled with vast quantities of shot and …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The … are at least three underground passages within the moated area and two of these are accessible, their position being …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 6 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 75 NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … m. in diameter, within an oval enclosure, 1.5 hectares in area ( BNFAS 6 (1971), 19; NDC A14, P84). A flint scraper and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … there was some early inclosure for sheep farming the area was largely one of nucleated villages surrounded by open … Ages of convertible grassland in leys. A feature of the area was the development within a single vill of two separate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part Wootton Hundred (Southern Part) THE SOUTHERN part of Wootton hundred 1 covered 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided … Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying partly on the limestone uplands of central … which remained a dominant influence in the west of the area throughout the Middle Ages. Godstow abbey was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains … was transferred to it from Savernake parish, and a small area was transferred from it to Savernake. Wootton Rivers … dry valley and a ridge on the south-east, but no prominent natural feature marks it elsewhere. On the north and in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … in September 1818. The Museum of the Worcestershire Natural-History Society was opened in 1836. The theatre, a … the later English style, inclosing a spacious quadrangular area, on the south side of which is the ancient refectory of …