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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 180 Areas of downland, recorded in 1542 as Aldsworth Downs, 181 were used as common pastures. Three areas of downland remained uninclosed in 1799. 182 At Blackpits Downs (170 a.) in the north-east the right to cut furzes in … 18th century was reserved to manorial tenants; 183 Allen's Downs (178 a.), north of Wall Farm, was probably named after …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a place of worship for Independents. On the neighbouring downs are several barrows, in some of which urns, … and Fullaway, and containing 851 inhabitants. On the downs is St. Anne's hill, on which a large fair for sheep and …