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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 … since, from moorland, and 5000 still consist of sea-beach, peat-bog, and wood; about 4000 acres are employed for grain, … the interior is a deep clayey mould, mixed sometimes with peat-moss: the subsoil is usually clay and sand, with a …
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 … soft fruit, culinary herbs, grass seed, manure, and peat. In 1965, when the premises extended to c. 31 a., 30-40 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… hamlet of Barrow just over 3 km. east of Much Wenlock and 2.5 km. south-west of Broseley. In the Middle Ages … demesne woods occupied the southern part of that area, and between the 16th and 18th centuries its commons, wastes, … 9 In 1379-80 18 people paid pannage for 178 pigs; peat was cut and probably bees yielded honey. Browsing of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BARTHERTON, a township, in the parish of Wybunbury, union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the county of … been commuted for 32 payable to the Bishop of Lichfield, and 5. 19. 6. to the vicar. Bartholomew Hospital (St.) … most part is a reddish clay, with occasionally marl, sand, peat, and limestone. There are indications of coal in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Gloucester, Middle division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester; … containing 1116 inhabitants. A church has been built and endowed by subscription, the living of which is in the … remains of a cromlech, and of a British earthwork. Barton-Turf (St. Michael) BARTON-TURF ( St. Michael), a parish, in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In the Middle Ages (perhaps from the 12th century) 76 and until 1905 it formed, with the adjoining parish of Badger, a detached part of Hereford diocese, 77 and it is possible that the two parishes were once a single … and to the east boulder clay and sand and gravel, with peat along Snowdon brook. 86 From Beckbury village a minor …
Old and New London
… Berkeley Square and its neighbourhood CHAPTER XXVI. BERKELEY SQUARE, AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. "Fountains and trees our wearied pride … than two years he was a constant winner at play and on the turf, and, I believe, realised nearly 30,000." The blind god, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3885 a. 2 r., of which about 1600 acres are arable, and 206 wood; and surrounds Great Berkhampstead: the village is situated in … and vale of White Horse; it is formed by cutting away the turf on the steep brow of the chalk hill above Uffington, and …
Old and New London
… bell has ceased to toll: The long-ribb'd aisles are burst and shrunk, The holy shrine to ruin sunk, Departed is the … AbbeySome Account of the Cluniac Monasteries in England, and Customs of the Cluniac OrderGrant of the Manor of … shelves are placed the oblong, rectangular pieces of "tan-turf," with which the middle classes have not much to do, but …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, a port, borough, market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and … and the remainder sandy, and black loam inclining to peat-moss. The system of agriculture is greatly improved, and … order. The rateable annual value of the parish is 8280. Peat for fuel is cut on Edge Moss, and coal, of which the …