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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Swalclyve; in the survey of Domesday, Soaneclive, and is now usually pronounced Swakeley. THIS PARISH is but … bounds to the sea towards the north. The fields are large, and the surface tolerably level. The church stands in the … is through St. Stephens, and thence between the great woods of Thornden and Clowes, about six miles. The manor of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… parish, of which 405 are arable land, 551 permanent grass and 120 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is loam and gravel, and the … is recorded as owing 2 marks for a trespass in the king's forests 7; possibly this is the same Walter de Swineshead who …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… There are 1,353 acres in the parish. The soil is loam and gravel, and the subsoil mainly blue galt. The chief crops grown are … 155 ft. The parish is well wooded, Swineshead and Spanoak Woods in the northern portion covering a considerable area. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… SWINGFIELD. WRITTEN in antient deeds both Swynefelde and Swinfield, lies the next adjoining parish eastward from Acrise. THIS PARISH lies in a very lonely and unfrequented country, most of it is upon high ground. The … to Mr. Brydges, of Denton. There are several coppice woods in this parish, the largest of which are at the north …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Sydenham SYDENHAM The parish covers 1,548 acres and lies on a belt of Gault Clay in the plain between the market-town of Thame, about 3 miles to the north-west, and the foot of the Chiltern hills, about 2 miles to the … their Thame land. Walter gave them 54 acres near their two woods and the reed-bed to the east which were part of the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Sywell parish covers about 2,170 acres, largely grass and woodland. Two small streams flow through the parish, one … of which, Sywell Bottom, forms the boundary between Sywell and Mears Ashby. The land rises on the north, the highest … William Tresham was granted free warren in his lands and woods in Sywell; 37 eight years later Henry VI confirmed to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (14 km.) north of Oxford. It covers 2,913 a. (1,179 ha.) and is divided into three townships, Tackley and Nethercott (1,841 a.), Whitehill (734 a.), and Weaveley (338 a.). The parish boundary follows the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 4 miles south from Aldermaston station on the Newbury and Devizes branch of the Great Western Railway and 6 miles north-west from Basingstoke. St. Peter's Church … through the parish, the number of acres given up to woods and plantations being 234 2 453 acres are devoted to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a. lying in Hatley park were transferred to Hatley parish, and thereafter 683 ha. (1,687 a.). 2 It is roughly … when it was said to have contained 100 each of oaks, elms, and ash-trees, and 200 wych elms. 4 By 1574 that manor again had 45 a. of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Banbury. 1 The ancient parish covered 2,070 a. in 1801 and there have been no subsequent boundary changes. 2 Some of … east of the Shutford road, 3 Woh Burne is the Sor Brook; and Eald Ford may possibly be at Lower Tadmarton Mill where … neglected. 5 The greater part of the parish to the north and south of Upper and Lower Tadmarton lies at about 500 ft., …