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A History of the County of Hertford
… 3,200 acres are arable land, 916 acres permanent grass and 325 acres wood. 1 The parish is for the most part a … this level. In the north-east the ground rises to 470 ft., and reaches an altitude of just over 400 ft. in two isolated … it forks, one branch going slightly westwards to Hitchin and the other northwards to Graveley and Baldock. At the same …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.). The parish, which contained two tithings, East End and West End, in the 14th and 15th centuries, 1 comprises 2,401 acres. It is in the … arable land, 695 acres of permanent grass and 26 acres of woods and plantations. 2 There were 268 acres of meadow in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… south-south-west from Oakley station on the Salisbury and Exeter line of the London and South Western Railway, and … pleasant views of the surrounding country. Among the woods on this fine estate is still to be found at a distance … are arable land, 426 acres permanent grass and 271 acres woods and plantations. 3 The soil is clay and gravel and the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of 1,820 acres, of which 642 are arable land, 951 pasture and grass and 16 woods and plantations. 1 The slope of the ground is … in 1863. There is a windmill in Stevington and two small woods, Long Tag in the south and Woodcroft in the north, the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… is a parish of 3,982 acres, 654 of these being arable land and 3,213 permanent grass. 1 The soil is clay and gravel and the subsoil clay. There are many clay pits and two brick …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… are under cultivation, 724 acres are laid down to grass, and 178 acres are woodland. 1 The soil is sand and clay on a subsoil chiefly of middle lias. Corn and potatoes are grown. The village lies along the road from …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… stone house rebuilt in 1642, with mullioned windows and a very fine wrought-iron sign, was in existence before … Inn to hold his visitation for this part of the county, 7 and in 1620 it belonged to the Apreece family. 8 Until recent … 18th-century red brick house, but has ceased to be an inn, and is now divided into several tenements. It was partly …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 12th century, the town consists of one long wide street, and it is to this characteristic that it owed its early name … River Test at the junction of the parishes of Stockbridge and Longstock by a bridge of three arches rebuilt and widened … arable land, 441 acres of permanent grass and 5 acres of woods and plantations in the parish. 8 The following …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Domesday, Stochingeberge, in later records, Stockesburie, and now Stockbury. The western, which is by far the greatest … flints; the sides of the valley are covered with coppice woods, which extend round the western boundary of the parish, … situated close to the brow of the hill adjoining to the woods. On the south side of the valley the woodland continues …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Stockton, in the Wylye valley 18 km. WNW. of Salisbury and 13 km. ESE. of Warminster, measured 2,122 a. (859 ha.). 1 … to the downs as a rectangle 4 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. A number of parishes in the … for the hay of Lower farm and of 3 s. 4 d. for the eastern woods were paid. The rector was then entitled to the …