Search
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … This magnificent establishment comprises within the boundary walls more than 100 acres, and, including the canal, … laboratory: and towards the south-eastern extremity of the boundary wall, on the road to Plumstead, is the house …
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 … flat arches and there are three dormers in the roof. The boundary-walls, next the road and to the N. and S. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … of Hardingstone to gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to the E. is with Preston Deanery. The sub-soil of …
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 … by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of Wychwood. The … vills in the hundred and clarify the line of its southern boundary with the Northgate hundred of Oxford. 7 The hundred …
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 … Rivers parish thereafter measured 705 ha. 96 The parish boundary follows a dry valley and a ridge on the south-east, … places it is marked by roads and paths. Sharp bends in the boundary with Milton Lilbourne may be partly the result of a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester College Worcester College (26) Worcester College stands on the W. side of Stockwell Street. The walls are of local Oxfordshire stone … pediment and a double staircase up to the doorway. In the boundary-wall on Walton Street, immediately to the N. of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable … from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, and the men … in 1290, were probably assarts near the Little Horkesley boundary. 59 A croft called Edelhey in 1234, probably Eadley …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 … 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow …