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A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by … le Pool, comprising c. 17 a. on the south bank of the river Glyme; the fee farm rent of 2 13 s. 4 d. suggests that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOODSTOCK lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of Blenheim Park. 1 The borough and market …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 … cold and pure stream of water, the primary source of the river Axe. Wookey-Hole WOOKEY-HOLE, a tything, partly in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern 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 ft. above O.D. The S. part …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the … was hardly any arable land. 27 The other farms near the Wye, Brockweir, Townsend, and Passage farms, each less than … 1086 at Woolaston and Aluredston, both presumably in the River Severn. 99 The former was included in the gift of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Chepstow. Roughly rectangular in shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The … neck of land extending to the steep valley of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey. In 1882 the detached portion of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar held two hides in … Abbey Passage or Ferry farm on the east bank of the River Wye opposite Tintern Abbey, and Brockweir and Townsend …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its name derived from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest … partly obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in … from north to south, with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was annexed to … lies at the junction of three lanes in a deep bend of the River Rother, which with a tributary stream forms the western …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of … Woolpit (St. Mary) WOOLPIT ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Thedwastry, W. division of … is generally clay, alternated with red loam. The small river Devon, and the Nottingham and Grantham canal, pass …