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A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. AGRICULTURE. In … of a large unitary estate which cut across later field and township boundaries, 38 but by the 14th century and probably much earlier Bampton and Weald each had their …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Manors and castle MANORS AND CASTLE Until the late Anglo-Saxon period the royal manor of BAMPTON included all the ancient parish and much land outside it. 39 From the 10th century or earlier …
A History of the County of Oxford
… beyond the Saltway, were the fields of Wickham (962 a.) and in the north the fields of Hardwick (572 a.). The rest of … systems: that of Neithrop (1,398 a.) north of the town and the Broughton road, and that of Calthorpe (584 a.) to the … in other ways. An early development was that of the United Dairies (Wholesale) Ltd. which about 1921 set up in Banbury a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Origins and growth of the town Origins and Growth of the Town. By 1086 Banbury was one of the … in Domesday Book there is no mention of a borough there and the lesser tenants of the estate were villani and homines …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… (North) Banff BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief … its name from the district in which it is situated, and which obtained the appellation of Boyn from the Gaelic, … century, was little more than a small fishing village, and seems to have owed its origin to the foundation of a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Barnshaw Barnard-Castle BARNARD-CASTLE, a market-town and chapelry, in the parish of Gainford, union of Teesdale, … the county of Durham, 25 miles (S. W. by W.) from Durham, and 244 (N. N. W.) from London; containing 4452 inhabitants. … nobleman, who had accompanied the Conqueror to England, and was ancestor of the kings of Scotland, his eldest son …
A History of the County of Sussex
… comprising 31 a. were added to Yapton between 1882 and 1891, so that in 1971 Barnham had 340 ha. (841 a.). 2 The eastern tip of the parish and a salient of Barnham into Yapton in the south-east were transferred to that parish in 1985, and at the same date a block of land comprising parts of …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… parish of Barnsley lies 6.5 km. north-east of Cirencester and is irregular in shape, extending from Ready Token at the junction of the Welsh way and Akeman Street on the south-east to the valley of the … way on the west. The parish contains 876 ha. (2, 163 a.) 1 and has been subject to no boundary changes. It lies mainly …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The ancient parish of Barnwood lay ESE. of Gloucester and its church stands 2.75 km. from the city's central crossroads. 1 The proximity of the city and the course of the Roman Ermin Street, the road from … until parliamentary inclosure in 1799, contained 1,439 a. and was irregularly shaped. 2 It had many detached parts, …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… occupied the low-lying land bounded by the river Brue and Cunlease Rhyne, but had access to arable land, small … of Street. It was described as low, fruitful, well-wooded and sufficiently watered in the late 18th century. 1 The … a. to over 100 a. with the addition of land in Kingweston. Dairies and cheeserooms were provided for other farms during …