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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At Henton is a second church, dedicated to Christ. In … containing 505 inhabitants. It comprises about 2100 acres, of which 1700 are arable, meadow, and pasture, and 400 … 448 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 1735 acres. Stone of good quality is quarried for building, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 … immediately E. of the present village where an area of 2 acres with closes lies on either side of a hollow-way running … is thickly overgrown. E. of the Abbey is a rectangle of 2 acres bounded by a bank and a broad ditch crossed by a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from … assessed at 6 hides and contained a church, a mill, and 23 acres of meadow. 2 For a century the descent of the manor is … to have sold 1 mark rent to Gilbert de Basevile and 24 acres of land to the Prioress of Easebourne. 10 This was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… N. and W. The area, including the defences, is about 15 acres. The defences on the steep N. and W. sides consist of a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins. ST 70 NE) Woolland, a small parish of 1,137 acres, lies on the steep N.W. escarpment of the Chalk, its … enclosed by 1791 (Map of Woolland, D.C.R.O.) and 160 acres of enclosed land is recorded in 1560 ( S. & D., N. & Q., vol. 19 (19279), 125). About 20 acres of ridge-and-furrow arranged in rectangular furlongs up …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 74 inhabitants, and comprising about 636 acres. The lands anciently belonged to Tynemouth priory, and … from Nantwich; containing 64 inhabitants. It comprises 568 acres, of which the prevailing soil is clay. The impropriate … containing 84 inhabitants. It comprises about 800 acres; the scenery is generally wild, in some parts …