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A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); Sylkchester (xviii cent.). Silchester is a parish and village 3 miles west from the Mortimer station on the Basingstoke and Reading branch of the Great Western Railway. On high … are arable land, 438 acres permanent grass, and 199 acres woods and plantations. 4 Silchester Church from the South The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… is composed of the townships of Little Edston, Marton and Sinnington. The wood of Sinnington, a 'league' long and a 'league' wide, was in 1086 nearly co-extensive with the … township 140 acres of woodland, 945 acres of arable land and 1,506 acres of permanent grass, the area of the entire …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… e. the hamlet by the bourne, or small stream. THE PARISH and town of Sittingborne is situated about forty miles from … the ground rises to the town, is still a damp situation, and both from the air and water is not accounted a healthy … consisting of arable, pasture, orchards, hop ground, and woods. In the upper and western parts it is much inclined to …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of Skelton, including the townships of Great Moorsholm and Stanghow, covers 11,803 acres, of which 2,219 acres are arable land, 4,657 acres permanent grass and 578 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil is clay, with a subsoil of … north of the parish, and is surrounded by park lands and woods and on three sides by a moat. 4 The old castle was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… main road from Brighton to London just south of New Town and Crawley, and has a projection eastwards taking in Highbeeches Forest, … the village. In the south-western corner of the parish are woods with several hammer-ponds. North of the village the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of which 1,043 acres are arable, 994 permanent grass and 226 woods and plantations. 1 Wheat, barley and oats are grown. … Wyvill had a grant of free warren in 12557. 11 In 1301 woods called le Frythe (Frethwode, xv cent.) and Thurkelwode …
A History of the County of Northampton
… bringing up the area to 825 acres. 1 The ground rises east and west from a stream flowing through the parish to the Nene. The soil is clay and the subsoil ironstone and lias. The crops are chiefly corn and roots. There is a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the borough of Povenden, is in the hundred of Blackborne; and that part which is in the boroughs of Omenden and Stepherst, is in the hundred of Barkley; and both these … eastern parts of it are mostly covered with large coppice woods, and the whole of it, from the flatness of it, the wide …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… next parish to Mersham eastward, being antiently written, and now usually called Smede, a name signifying an open smooth plain, and king Offa in 791, gave the pasture for fifty hogs binnam … lies mostly on the hill, where the country has but a rough and lonely appearance, there being but little traffic through …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Oolite, the soils various, the chief crops wheat, oats and pasture. Stone is worked, and there are saw-mills. The River Esk, the northern boundary … Whitby, is joined by Buskey Beck, the western boundary, and by Shawm Rigg's Beck, which is part of the eastern …