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A History of the County of Buckingham
… 23 The priory of Merton, Surrey, owned some land and a wood in Wexham, 24 over which it acquired the right of free …
A History of the County of Surrey
… a new bridge a horse-bridge like the lastshould be built, wood being used for its construction, as stonework would be … land, 10 acres of meadow, 5 acres of pasture, 6 acres of wood, and a rent of 6 s. 32 Fifty years later John de …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… made in 1361 the pasture and underwood of 50 acres of wood were found to be worth nothing on account of the shadow … windows, and, like the rest, is modern. The transept has wood-framed single lights in its side walls and a modern …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… being replanted with oak and lime. 8 Apart from Fillands wood, c. 18 a. north of the village, there was little …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Bretch Well, to the lower portion of the village known as Wood End. Behind the church are the graveyard and school; the … was described as parcel of the LITTLE PARK; there was also wood ground, containing 20 acres, and 2 acres of waste … later GIFFARDS MANOR, by serjeanty of keeping the lord's wood, by paying him 3 d. yearly, by finding him two men at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and all other convenient offices. The gardens and wood walks still covered about 30 acres. Edward Rudge and his … with wide doors framed with engaged Doric columns of wood. They support an entablature and pediment with a brick … circular window. Above there is a central clock-turret of wood with a square base and octagonal cupola. These stables …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the sum should be paid. 21 The exceptions were all trees, wood, underwood, mines and quarries, together with the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… east of it, the largest block of woodland being Whichford Wood in the south-west corner of the parish. The buildings in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… extending over nine counties on a clear day. Whipsnade Wood lies west of the village, and to the south-east are Whipsnade Heath and Heath Wood, while the lower-lying ground beyond is well wooded. The … 24 in right of Margaret. 25 She was a daughter of Oliver Wood, 26 and had previously married Walter Mantell, by whom …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… lady 'would have the sides, even to the ground, all of wood, saying "that would serve well enough for their times"; … of Whitby Abbey, established Mulgrave hermitage in his wood here in honour of St. James the Apostle, in performance … 1697, with rusticated window openings. In Newton Hall Wood is the great stone cave known as the Hermitage, possibly …