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A History of the County of Surrey
… In shape it is roughly triangular, the apex southwards, and each side about two miles in length. It is bounded on the north by Walton-on-Thames and Byfleet, on the east by Cobham and Ockham, on the south and west by Ockham and Pyrford. The …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of Wistow consists of a strip of land running north-east and south-west (some 4 miles long) and of varying breadth. It is crossed by the high road from … of the fen for the supply of reeds for thatching, fuel, and summer grazing for stock, was very important, and to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Foxcote, Hilcot, Little Colesbourne, Cassey Compton, and Owdeswell which were mostly reduced in size in the late … put up in 1943. 21 A belt of woodland called Withington woods lay on the south boundary of the parish, forming with the adjoining Chedworth woods one of the few large tracts of ancient woodland in the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 17th century there were disputes between its inhabitants and those of the main village regarding levies and taxes, and it was laid down at Quarter Sessions in 1631 that …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the parish. It is rather over 6 miles from north to south, and 2 miles from east to west, tapering somewhat towards the … the latter's granddaughter Anne, the wife (1748) of Thomas Woods of Godalming, whose grandson Thomas Woods sold the house and mill in 1836 to Thomas Durrant. He …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is a lonely unsrequented place; it is about two miles and an half acros each way. The village, with the church and parsonage, stand nearly in the middle of it, upon high … called Pinyon Quarter, in which stands Palstre-court, and there are several other houses interspersed over it. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of it were transferred to the urban districts of Cuckfield and Burgess Hill. The soil is clay and mixed sand; the … his death in 1912 the house was bought by Mr. Herbert Woods, who sold it in 1923 to Mr. Ernest J. Enthoven. He died … Ibid. xxxv, 39. Information kindly furnished by Herbert Woods, Esq. Suss. Rec. Soc. x, 293. Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxv, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of 3,446 acres, of which about 2,000 are permanent grass and about 700 arable land. The county is thickly wooded, the … 1 The soil is Lower Greensand, with a subsoil of gravel, and the chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, peas and beans. The ground rises from 300 ft. in the north of the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xi cent.); Wokynge, Wockynge, Wochynghe, &c. (xiii and xiv cent.). Woking is a large parish giving its name to … 6 miles north from Guildford. It contains 8,802 acres, and is in extreme dimensions 6 miles from east to west and 4 miles from north to south. It is bounded on the north …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… most of the town being in Berkshire, a part of the town and about a sixth of the parish to the north-east of it, … of arable land, 3,171 of permanent grass and 1,039 of woods and plantations. 3 The soil is a rich loam with a … the hundred of Ashridge in the earldom of Warwick. By 1561 woods 65 in the hundred and lordship of Ashridge had fallen …