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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… former channels of the river. The northern boundary with Little Shelford was undefined until inclosure, the land being … mostly between 50 and 125 ft. above sea level, and has little sharp relief. The subsoil is mostly chalk, with … 411 By 1970 it was sharing a minister with Sawston and Little Shelford. 412 There were a few Methodists in the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is now owned by the family of Sprack. The estate called LITTLE WOOLVERTON, in Whitwell, was evidently intimately … the Woolvertons in the parish of St. Lawrence, as its name Little Woolverton under Wathe implies. It seems to have … In 1316 the vill of Whitwell was held by Richard de Houghton ( Feud. Aids, ii, 321). Recov. R. Trin. 6 Eliz. rot. …
A History of the County of Rutland
… cent.); Wittwell, Whightwell, Whitwell (xvi cent.). The little parish of Whitwell, of which the population is only 84 … and limestone on a subsoil of Inferior Oolite. The pretty little village lies in a hollow along the road from Oakham to … Byron and Sir William Burton were holding lands in 1348 in Little Hambleton (q.v.), which for a long time passed with …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… about a.d. 1746, adjoining on the south of which is a little close yet called the Chapel garth.' 7 On the other … buildings took the place of those of timber, and very little is now left of the castle buildings except the … of the church of the HOLY CROSS stand on high ground a little to the east of the castle and about half a mile to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… between Warwickshire and Leicestershire, runs here a little to the south-west, and Wibtoft has always been more …
A History of the County of Worcester
… estate evidently passed to his son and heir Simon, for a little later Lettice wife of John Page, daughter of Richard …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… coppice wood. It is a lonely unfrequented place, of but little or no thoroughfare, and what village there is, stands …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and a row of four, with red-tiled roofs, dated 1896, a little further south. These four stand on a site occupied in … advowson of the church to Paulinus of Theydon, 51 lord of Little Rissington. Paulinus gave the land to his brother … the number of ploughs in 1222 and if each ploughland was a little under a hundred acres there were about as many …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Fareham. Another road from Bishop's Waltham joins it a little to the south of the village. The land is undulating, … buildings, is very attractive. The rectory, which is some little distance south-east of the church, has in its garden a … now occupied by Mr. Arthur H. Lee, M.P. for South Hants. Little Park, a short distance out of the village on the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… many of whom lie buried in this church, now occupies it. A little beyond this is Newnham, once accounted a manor, …