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A History of the County of Gloucester
… a peninsulated part of Boddington parish comprising 208 a. and separating the south-east corner of Staverton from the … to Staverton, 1 which thus became 1,022 a. in area 2 and compact in shape. That enlarged area is the subject of … was known as the Golden Valley from the 19th century, 4 and was in some ways treated as a separate hamlet. 5 The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Steep STEEP La Stuppe, La Stiepe, and Stupe xiv cent.; Steepe xvii cent. The parish of Steep … Ambersham in the county of Sussex situated near Midhurst and Petworth, but under the Acts 2 and 3 Will. IV, cap. 64, and 7 and 8 Vic. cap. 61, Ambersham …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Cherwell, comprises the civil parishes of Steeple Aston and Middle Aston. Although remaining one for ecclesiastical purposes, Steeple Aston and Middle Aston became separate for civil purposes in the 18th century, and from the 19th century Middle Aston has been classified as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Steeple Barton lies 11 miles (18 km.) north of Oxford and 9 miles (14 km.) south of Banbury. 1 It covers 2,906 a. … of mainly limestone uplands, intersected by the river Dorn and its tributaries, notably the Cockley brook. Until 1932 … with that of Westcott Barton (1,049 a. or 425 ha.), and the two parishes, although separate by the 11th century, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… containing 1,102 acres, about half of which is arable and half pasture, lies between Little Gidding and Hamerton and Coppingford; its north-eastern boundary is roughly formed …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is in the Wylye valley 13 km. north-west of Salisbury and 19 km. ESE. of Warminster. 1 It contains Steeple Langford, Bathampton, and Hanging Langford, a total of 4,018 a. (1,626 ha.), with villages at Steeple Langford and Hanging Langford. In 1934 Little Langford was added to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the church stands, is in this hundred of Loning borough, and the rest of it is in the hundred of Stowting. Stelling is … wild hilly country. It is mostly situated on high ground, and is exceeding healthy. The soil is but barren, consisting … of slints. On the north and east sides it is covered with woods. The heath called Stelling-minnis, comprehends most of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… acres, of which 500 are arable land, 358 permanent grass and 70 wood. 1 In the south of the parish the ground is high, … above ordnance datum, but beyond the village, to the north and east, the land gradually slopes, falling to 224 ft. in … north-east of the parish. The soil is principally sand, and produces crops of wheat, barley, clover and turnips. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… hundred, lies about two miles from the centre of Devizes and on the west just touches the Devizes borough boundary. 1 … the area of the parish was 649 a. 2 In 1894 Fullaway Farm and 108 a. surrounding it, formerly a detached part of All … in 1970 the acreage of the parish was 757 a. Between 1801 and 1831 Stert was returned by the census enumerators as an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the north-west to the county boundary to the south-east, and is c. 1 mile wide. The land rises gradually from 100 ft. … falls to c. 200 ft. where a stream crosses the parish and then rises more sharply to c. 325 ft., where the village … clay. That part of the parish was once well wooded, and the clearing of the woodland probably gave Stetchworth …