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A History of the County of York North Riding
… 6,097 acres; its townships of Ingleby Barwick, Hemlington and Maltby contain 1,555, 1,118 and 1,116 acres respectively, whilst the area of Thornaby, in … Thornaby 620 of arable land, 672 of permanent grass, 48 of woods and plantations. 1 The chief crops are wheat, oats, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to the flinty soil of it. THE PARISH is an unfrequented and obscure place, situated in a wild and dreary country, near the summit of the chalk hills, just … boundary. It lies on high ground, exceedingly bleak, and exposed to north and north-east winds. The land in it is …
A History of the County of Hertford
… (xi cent.); Staundon, Stondon, or Staunden (xiii cent. and later). Standon is a large, irregularly shaped parish of … is arable land, rather less than half permanent grass, and the rest, about 500 acres, wood. 1 The soil varies, the … fireplace. Sutes Wood and Great and Little Southey Woods lie a little to the east. Youngs The manor of YOUNGS …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… that of Stanford, which takes its name both from its soil and situation, slane in Saxon signifying a stone, and ford, a rivulet. The parish of Stanford itself lies in … the down hills. The greatest part of it is pasture ground, and very wet. The soil is very clity and poor near the hill, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… side of the stream. The village is situated near the ford and not far from the south-east corner of the parish. The … to the north of the village, the houses of which run south and west in the form of an L. The vicarage is a fine early … of which 573 are arable, 218 permanent grass and 107 woods and plantations. 1 The chief crops are wheat, barley …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Stanford in the Vale has an area of 2,920 acres of land and 7 acres of land covered by water, and contains 906 acres … arable land, 1,434 acres of permanent grass and 2 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The River Ock, with its tributaries … arable land, 876 acres of permanent grass and 10 acres of woods and plantations. 8 It consists of a few scattered …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of Stanground formerly lay partly in Huntingdonshire and partly in the Isle of Ely, and formerly included the modern parish of Farcet, which was … the abbot. 40 After the dissolution of Thorney Abbey, all woods were reserved to the Crown when the manor (q.v.) was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 500 ft. in height. This is all Downland sheep-pasture, and is separated by a belt of woodland from the part containing the village of Stanmer and its park, part of which is arable land. South-west of the … is covered with old field-systems of the Early Iron Age and RomanoBritish periods. 2 The present village is situated …
A History of the County of Hertford
… joins the Lea in this parish, on the south-west by the Lea and River Lea Navigation, and on the south by the Stort. Owing to so many rivers there … Grove, Stanstead Grove alias Almond's Frith, and all the woods in the manor of Stanstead Abbots was made to John Rodes …
A History of the County of Hertford
… it took an alternative name from the bridge over the Lea and was called Pons de Thele, Punt de Tyull, Pons Tegule or … to be called St. Margaret's Theale (Margarthele, 1535) and Stanstead Thele, the first from its church and the second … in the extent of that manor in 1086 13 may be the woods in St. Margaret's, for Hailey itself is very bare. …