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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Southoe SOUTHOE Sutham (xi cent.); Sutho, Suho (xii cent. and later); Southogh (xv cent.). This parish is bounded on … by a ferry. The ground near the river is liable to floods, and nowhere in the parish rises to more than about 150 ft. … with the Earl of Gloucester and Hamo le Parker as owner of woods in Southoe afforested in the reign of Henry II 32 and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.). The parish of Southwick consists of well-wooded and undulating country and contains 725 acres of wood. A part of the Forest of Bere lies to the north, and there are many detached woods and copses. Southwick Park also covers a wide area. The …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… part of this Town was of the Soc of Newark, which before and in the time of King William, was rated to the public Tax at three Car. and an half, which, together with the parcels in Scorverly, Greton, Torneshay, Wiggesley, 1 Herdrebye, and Cotum, together paid the Geld for six Car. and an half, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… through it from west to east to the north of the village, and the land rises from the brook, where it is about 73 ft. above Ordnance datum, to about 180 ft. to the north, and undulates upwards to about 218 ft. to the south. We have … in the 12th century to the ' Forest of Spaldwick,' 1 and in 1185 the Bishop of Lincoln owed 35 s. 3 d. for assarts …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Sparsholt SPARSHOLT Speresholte (xii and xiii cents.); Sparshall, Spershott (xvi cent. et seq.). … south-west corner of the parish is thickly wooded, and the woods slope gradually upwards to the track of the Roman road … Copse, and Cow Down Copse are three of the best-known woods. Among place-names in the parish mentioned in the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… has an area of 5,311 acres, lies half in Wantage Hundred and half in Shrivenham, between the parishes of Childrey on the east and Uffington on the west. The township of Sparsholt with its … is entirely within the hundred of Wantage; Kingston Lisle and Fawler are in Shrivenham Hundred. The ground slopes …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Parishes Speen SPEEN with SPEENHAMLAND, BAGNOR and BENHAM Spinae (iv cent.); Spene (ixxvii cent.); Spone, … cent.). The parish of Speen lies between the Rivers Kennet and Lambourn, though one of its tithings, Bagnor, lies north … of which 1,072 are arable, 1,520permanent pasture and 671 woods and plantations. 2 The chief crops are wheat, barley …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the next adjoining parish south eastward from Penshurst, and was sometimes written, in antient records, Speleberste, … each way; the north-west part, in which the church stands, and Hallborough, is within the hundred of Somerden, as is the … which stretches across a narrow district, by Mitchell's and Tophill farms, and towards the parish of Ashurst, which …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of limestone. Of its three townships, Spennithorne, Harmby and Bellerby, Spennithorne lies farthest south. The village … Fitz Randalls, which has a gabled projection at the rear, and behind it is a cottage with a large rubblebuilt chimney … measures 1 ft. 8 in. by 6 ft., but they are now filled in, and in the interior are two small rooms with a chimney stack …
A History of the County of Warwick
… is bounded, approximately, by the River Arrow on the west and on the east by the Alne Hills. The ground rises from 178 … of Great Alne. The village consists only of the church and rectory and a few scattered farms and cottages. At some … agricultural. The parish is well timbered, the largest woods being Spernall Park 7 and Morgrove Coppice. Manor In …