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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Sopelie (xi cent.); Shoppele (xiii cent.); Soppelee (xiii and xiv cent.); Soppesle Sypley (xiv cent.); Shopley (xvi … of which 1,836 are arable, 1,193 permanent grass, 165 woods and plantations, 1 and 76 are land covered with water. It …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 855 acres are arable land, 2,948 acres permanent grass, and 77 woods and plantations. 1 The soil and subsoil are of clay. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mid-way between the market-towns of Banbury and Bicester. The area of the ancient parish, 1,496 acres, … boundary which runs through the southern end of Aynho Park and follows Ockley Brook bounds the parish on the north; the Cherwell forms the western and the Aynho and Somerton roads most of the eastern and …
A History of the County of Bedford
… acres, of which 364 are arable land, 592 permanent grass and 63 woods and plantations. 1 The slope of the ground is from north-west …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… was transferred in 1895 from Wiltshire to Hampshire, 1 and is locally situated in the hundred of Fordingbridge. It contains 3 acres of land covered with water and 4,680 acres of land, of which 2,102 acres are arable, 1,346 are permanent grass and 904 are woodland. 2 The land rises generally east and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… includes the townships of South Kilvington, Thornbrough and Upsall, lies to the north of Thirsk and covers about 2,920 acres. Of this 1,300 acres are pasture and about an equal area is in cultivation. 1 The subsoil is …
A History of the County of Rutland
… covers an area of 1,442 acres of clay soil with stone and sand in places. About half of the land is arable and half pasture with about 38 acres of woodland. The River Chater forms the boundary between North and South Luffenham and a tributary of it flows in a …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… a height of 200 ft. on Down Hill above Long Wittenham, and is bounded on the south by the Moreton Mill Brook and its tributary Hakkas Brook. The soil is chalky rubble … area is 1,350 acres, 699 being arable, 427 pasture, and 11 woods and plantations. 1 In Fulscot much of the arable has …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Newington parish, 5 miles (8 km.) south-west of Banbury and 18 miles (30 km.) north of Oxford, covers 1,437 a. (581. … uplands. 1 The boundary on much of the north, north-east, and north-west follows the river Swere and its tributary streams; the road from Deddington to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1879, consisted of a main part immediately north of Wilton and a detached part, North Ugford, immediately west of … 10th-century estate bounded on the west by the river Wylye and on the east by a way along the ridge dividing the valleys of the Wylye and the Christchurch Avon; to the south-east the estate …