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A History of the County of Northampton
… ft. above ordnance datum. The soil is of limestone, clay and red loam, and is, and in medival time was, for the greater part under pasture. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… standing on the border line, part in each county, and Elton Park extending some way into this parish. The … was other pasture on the Greens. There was no waste in the woods. "Thomas Elmes, esq., had a fishing in the manor … extent was about mile. There were ashes and wiches in the woods. These were the ancient bounds of the manor: …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of which in 1905 302 were arable land, 385 permanent grass and 30 woods. 1 The soil is clay with a subsoil of Keuper Marl, growing crops of wheat and beans. A road from Droitwich to Worcester forms part of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… covering about 3,178 acres, lies south of Kilmeston and Hinton Ampner, north-east of Exton, and west of West … land, 1,407 acres of permanent grass, and 271 acres of woods and plantations. 3 The soil is chiefly loam, the … Charles Sartoris, who sold it two years later to Mr. Henry Woods, for many years member of Parliament for Wigan. On his …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… considerable proportion is freehold of the manor of Holtby and the rest freehold and copyhold of Warthill Manor. There are 656 acres of arable … and potatoes are grown, 273 of permanent grass, and 28 of woods and plantations. 2 The soil is sandy on a subsoil of …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xv cent.). Washingley lies to the north of Caldecote, and is 8 miles south-west of Peterborough, and 6 miles west of Holme station on the London and North Eastern Railway. The parish lies mostly at a height …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The small parish of Wasing lies in the south of the county and runs down to the Enborne stream, which forms part of its … about one-third are arable, one-third permanent grass and the remaining third woods and plantations. 1 The chief crops are wheat, barley …
A History of the County of Warwick
… divided on the west from Hampton Lucy by the River Avon, and on the south from Charlecote by the Thelsford Brook. The … is formed by the road leading north from Newbold Pacey, and the northern by another road which connects this with the … in the west of the parish. Between this last-named road and the Avon stands the church, to the north of which is the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xiv cent.). This small parish lies between Chesterton and Stibbington-cum-Sibson and is bounded on the north by the Nene. The Billing Brook divides it from Chesterton on the east, and very picturesque views are characteristic of this …
A History of the County of Oxford
… border with the River Thame for its southern boundary, and the Holton Brook for its western. 2 It consists of the civil parishes of Waterperry and Thomley. Part of Thomley hamlet has always lain in the … and the village then had a shop. 255 The parish's woods must always have provided occupation. At Waterperry, …