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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… S. of the parish was an area of wasteland, called The Furze in 1829, and in the early 18th century (Bridges, op. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… it is broken with numerous rocky knolls, covered with furze and broom, but in the upland districts the ground is …
A History of the County of Somerset
… fields were under pasture but still not fully cleared of furze. In 1812 the estate comprised 167 a. of pasture, 134 a. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which 1248 acres are arable, 426 meadow, 846 heath and furze, 75 sheep-walk, and 35 plantation. The living is a …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… in the 18th century, when freeholders could cut fern and furze there. 15 Some inclosed pasture near the meadows … felling in woods belonging to William Lowndes Stone. 6 Furze and fern were traditionally cut in the Grove, where some freehold tenants claimed furze allotments known as 'platts': in 1756 the platts were …
Old and New London
… its mandate that no more gravel was to be dug, or turf or furze cut off the Common, and that nothing should be done to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… area referred to as the 'main heath' in 1573, 35 contained furze lots and was replaced at inclosure by a poor's plot for furze-growing. 36 Astrop in 1086 had its own pasture of 3 by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… heath, to the vicar and churchwardens for the raising of furze or other fuel for the poor. 212 By 1805 the land had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… comprised c. 80 a. of arable, c. 8 a. of meadow, and two furze plots, together with common rights. 38 It was …
Broadwell Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Holwell. One of the detached Filkins closes was the poor's furze ground awarded at inclosure. Census, 18812001; OS Maps …
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