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A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons By the early 13th century until inclosure in 1814 … contained four open fields, two south of Asthall village and two to the north-east (Fig. 18). In 1814 they totalled c. … about half the parish; 490 a. lay in the southern fields and 630 a. in the other two. 1 The former pair extended …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Asthall Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES In the late 11th century Asthall belonged … Ages two more were created, both based on Asthall Leigh and each having a chief house. One was formed in the 13th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Aston and Cote Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Aston and Cote shared a field system apparently by 1239, when … manor included 55 a. in North field, 64 a. in South field, and 24 a. in East field. 62 A holding in 1432 was fairly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Midridge, Midridge-Grange, Old-Park, Westerton, and Windleston; while the N. W. division includes the … of Bishop-Auckland, the chapelries of St. Helen Auckland and Hamsterley, and the townships of St. Andrew, West Auckland, North and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Marlborough, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 6 miles (W. by S.) from … Marlborough; containing, with the tythings of Beckhampton and Kennet, 751 inhabitants. This parish, in which the river …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 16 km. south-west of Gloucester between the river Severn and the Forest of Dean. The large parish contained seven … estates, numerous ancient farmsteads, the industrial and trading village of Blakeney which replaced Awre village as the principal centre of population, and the small but commercially significant riverside hamlet …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 8 miles (E.) from Exeter; … 2701 acres, of which 1033 are arable, 823 meadow and pasture, 92 orchard, 53 coppice, and 700 common or waste land; and is bounded on the east by …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Ayr - Ayton Ayr AYR, a sea-port, burgh, and market-town, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, of … it is the capital, 77 miles (S. W. by W.) from Edinburgh, and 34 (S. S. W.) from Glasgow; containing 8264 inhabitants. … district of Cunninghame is a rich and fruitful vale. The dairies are well managed, and their produce is in high …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… PARISH, which lies east of the Fosse way between Ilchester and Shepton Mallet, comprises the village of Babcary to the … partly encircled by the river Cary, the hamlets of Higher and Lower Foddington on low hills to the east, Steart on the flatter ground to the south, and several farmsteads. The river Cary forms most of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… near the source of a small tributary to the Esk water, and borders upon the parish of Inveresk, which is situated to … BACKMUIR, a hamlet, in the parish of Life, Benvie, and Invergowrie, county of Forfar; containing 166 … of the parish, upon the border of the county of Perth, and close to the Dighty water; and the road from Dundee to …