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A History of the County of Oxford
… in a bend of the River Thame which bounded it on the north and west; on the east its boundary followed a brook and then continued with several right-angled turns along what … a part of the eastern boundary. The Thame-Oxford road and the main London-Oxford road which it joins, formed the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… In 1831 the parish of Wath comprised the township of Wath and the chapelries of Melmerby, Middleton Quernhow and Norton … which 1,275 are arable land, 1,246 permanent grass and 115 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is sandy on a subsoil of … Bridge, passes an ancient well and skirts the park and woods of Norton Conyers, the seat of Sir Reginald Graham, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parishes the ancient parish of Watlington was long and narrow, being nowhere more than a mile wide and about 5 … high chalk land is covered with juniper trees and beech woods such as Greenfield Wood, Greenfield Copse, and Howe … property. 247 The Greenfield farm, apart from the woods, was sold in 1797 to the tenant, Edward Goodchild (d. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lies Watringbury, called in Domesday, OTRINGEBERGE, and in the Textus Roffensis, WOTRINGABERIA. It is supposed to … district of the Weald. beyond which there are some coppice woods adjoining to East-Malling heath. The soil is … in them, and he that year passed these manors, with woods called Baldinge, Selwood, and Abbots-thorpe, to Sir …
A History of the County of Hertford
… area of 3,585 acres, of which 1,912 acres are arable land and 670 acres permanent grass. 1 It attains a height of over … River Beane flows through the parish from the north-west, and through Woodhall Park, where it is artificially widened. … chantry in the same year the site and lands, including the woods of 'Bushey Layes and Comes wood,' were granted to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… boundary of the county, 3 miles south-west from Crewkerne and 8 miles east from Chard. It is bordered on the west and north-west by Winsham, on the east by Crewkerne, and on the south by Broadwindsor (Dors.) and Thorncome …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Park, 2 miles west from Wixford station on the Redditch and Evesham branch of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and 3 miles south-west from Alcester, on the borders of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the River Wiske; it is co-extensive with the civil parish and consists of a single township. Locally it is situated in … of which 1,227 are arable land, 1,077 permanent grass and 78 woods and plantations. 1 The inhabitants are mainly engaged …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… in the valley of the Lambourn, which bisects the parish, and partly in the valley of the Kennet, which forms its … of which 3,168 are arable, 886 permanent grass, and 486 woods and plantations. 1 The chief crops are wheat, barley … king's household, and Anne his wife, the great trees and woods only being reserved. 18 The manor was surveyed for the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 751. This parish was originally partly in Gloucestershire and partly in Warwickshire, but by an Order of 1894 the … divided between the parishes of Pebworth in Worcestershire and Dorsington, transferred at this time from Gloucestershire … Bereford was granted free warren in his demesne lands and woods there. 43 On the death of Baldwin's widow, Elizabeth, …