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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of … It comprises by computation 1040 acres, chiefly the property of Lord Feversham: the village stands south of … embraces sand, loam, and clay. On the southern bank of the river Went, are some quarries of fine limestone, whence a …
Alumni Oxonienses
… for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … See Foster's Index Eccl. Wormeley, Ralph s. Ralph, of York River, Virginia, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. entry 14 July, … Inner Temple 1659. See Ath. iv. 527; & Fasti, ii. 246.] Wye, Alexander of co. Gloucester, pleb. Magdalen Hall, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… WOODCHESTER (11 miles W. of Cirencester) A silver spoon in the Ashmolean Museum was recovered from West Park (SO 8101) … of Germanicus and Romano-British pottery found in 1863 in the long barrow on Bown Hill, at SO 82300180, was taken to … shelf in the Great Oolite, is bounded on the E. by the river valley and on N. and S. by re-entrant gulleys; on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. W.) from Stroud; … of a rising ground, skirted at the bottom by the river Roden, finely interspersed with trees, and disclosing …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the bishop of Worcester by King Ethelbald of Mercia. 44 The episcopal estate had been encroached upon by Ethelwald …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Woodford 55 WOODFORD (OS 1:10000 a SP 97 NW, b SP 97 NE) The parish, covering 880 hectares, lies between the R. Nene and Cranford Brook, on land rising S.W. from 100 … 98687710; Fig. 117; Plate 4), S.E. of Woodford Grange, on River Gravel at 100 ft. above OD, close to the R. Nene. Air …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The parish is bounded on the east by the winding …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 149 Woodford-Cum-Membris Medieval settlements and estates The parish covers about 1100 hectares and is bisected by the R. Cherwell, here flowing in a narrow steep-sided valley … between 120 m. and 135 m. above OD. On either side of the river the land rises across undulating clayland to a number …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The wealth of woodland in Woodford long determined the economic life of the village, providing timber and some … tenants had fallen to seven. The 26 a. of meadow by the river accounts for the large number of 100 sheep. There were …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and … From this the parish slopes gently eastwards down to the river Roding. The soil is mainly London clay, with patches of …