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A History of the County of Berkshire
… which 1,665 are arable land, 1,686 under permanent grass and 261 covered by woods and plantations. 1 The soil is gravel and the subsoil … later the king granted them 'licence to fell trees in the woods of the manor at their will and to apply the money …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Berks), was constituted an ecclesiastical parish in 1870, and a civil parish in 1894. It is situated 3 miles west from Mortimer station, on the Reading and Basingstoke branch of the Great Western Railway. The … copses, and the north and west are composed wholly of woods and plantations, which altogether cover an area of 948 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); Turges (xvi cent.). Stratfield Turgis is a village and parish situated 4 miles south from Mortimer station, on the Reading and Basingstoke branch of the Great Western Railway. Its … portion of the park of Stratfieldsaye, for the 96 acres of woods and plantations which are comprised in the parish. 3 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Stratfield Sea (xviii cent.). Stratfieldsaye is a village and parish on the Berkshire border of the county, 3 miles south-east from Mortimer station on the Reading and Basingstoke branch of the Great Western Railway. The … arable land, 1,680 acres permanent grass, and 106 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil is various, while the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Stratton Audley STRATTON AUDLEY This long and narrow parish of 2,308 acres lies two miles north-east of … a little over 2,000 acres, as a part of Stratton village and its open fields belonged to Caversfield parish, and so to the county of Buckinghamshire. 3 At the inclosure …
A History of the County of Surrey
… parish of Streatham as a civil parish covers 2,823 acres, and includes the districts of Balham, Manor Park, Roupell Park and Upper Tooting, and a part of Brixton Hill. A considerable … rectory in 1535. 248 Tithes from trees felled in certain woods in the manor of Tooting Bec were due to the rector of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of a raised causeway, traces of which are still visible, 1 and subsequently by a ferry owned by the Prioress of Goring 2 and renewed in 1719 by royal grant to Richard Butler of … lord of Dunster (co. Somers.) and chief justice of the forests south of Trent. 42 He had licence in 1233 to cut oaks …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Sharpenhoo (xv, xvi cents.). Streatley is a village and parish with an area of 2,500 acres, of which 1,885 are arable land, 297 permanent grass, and 33 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is composed of chalk and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 58. Street parish in 1842 The name Street occurs in 1168 1 and the parish was probably named after either the Roman road … had fishponds to the south-east and an icehouse in the woods. 231 Other Estate A virgate held by Alan of Farnham in … Wood (13 a.), and several small plantations. 365 Those woods survived in the later 20th century. Willows, for bats, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… The parish of Strensall lies east of Galtres Forest, and from the 13th to the 17th century was one of its … 2,908 acres, of which 804 are arable land upon which corn and potatoes are mainly grown, 733 permanent grass, 33 woods and plantations. 2 Its soil is sand and foxmole upon a …