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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… MORTON, ABBOT'S ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Alcester, Lower division of the hundred of Blackenhurst, E. … of the county of Worcester, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Alcester, and 12 (E.) from Worcester; containing 234 … The parish is situated on the road from Worcester to Alcester, and on the confines of the county of Warwick; it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… river Avon, and is intersected by the road from Evesham to Alcester; the number of acres is 2636. The living is a …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… lord Brooke. He died Nov. 10, 1559, and was buried at Alcester, co. Warw. where recumbent effigies of him and his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Mary) OLDBERROW ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Alcester, and forming a detached portion of the Lower …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… OVERSLEY, a hamlet, in the parish of Arrow, union of Alcester, Stratford division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick, a mile (S. E.) from Alcester; containing 187 inhabitants. It is situated on the … the river Arrow, and consists of 1430 acres: the road from Alcester to Evesham passes along the right bank of the river. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… remnants of Roman military works exist in Oxfordshire: at Alcester, or Aldchester, in the eastern part, are the traces … proceeds to the north of Gravenel or Gravenhill Wood, and Alcester, to Chesterton and Kirtlington, and crossing the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to the Ouse, is said to be part of an ancient street from Alcester and Bicester to Watling Street. 3 There are also …
A History of the County of Worcester
… lies to the south of the main road from Worcester to Alcester, a branch from which runs through the parish from …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Parishes Alcester ALCESTER Acreage: 1,782. Population: 1911, 2,168; 1921, 2,259; 1931, 2,195. Alcester is a long, narrow parish extending to the … Droitwich roads, and there are one or two scattered farms. ALCESTER Sketch Plan of town showing positions of ancient …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the parish. The village lies on the road from Wixford to Alcester, with the church, the rectory, and a farm between … are of the 18th century and later. On the main road to Alcester are several ancient buildings. One, opposite the … is similar: both are divided into tenements. Nearer to Alcester on the same side is a house of similar framing but …