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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Woldham WOLDHAM. NEXT to the parish of St. Margaret and liberty of Rochester, southward, lies the parish of … Wuldaham, in the succeeding Latin ones, Vuldeham, and in the record of Domesday, Oldeham. This place is … words wolde, a plain open down or hill, free from trees and wood, and ham, a village or dwelling; in the like manner …
A History of the County of Warwick
… block with its base, 4 miles in length, to the south and its apex 2 miles to the north. It is divided into two equal portions, Great Wolford to the west and Little Wolford to the east, by the Nethercote Brook, … Little Wolford to a point mile south of Nethercote Bridge and there turns due north. Another small stream forms the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… The parish of Wollaston lies on the Bedfordshire border and is separated from Doddington on the northwest by the … miles south from Wellingborough station on the Northampton and Peterborough section of the L.M.S. railway; it is lighted with gas from its own works, built in 1872, and supplied with water by the Higham Ferrers and Rushden …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Parishes Wolston WOLSTON Acreage: Wolston, 2,810. Brandon and Bretford, 1,988. Population: Wolston: 1911, 879; 1921, 962; 1931, 918. Brandon and Bretford: 1911, 398; 1921, 412; 1931, 508. The parish of Wolston originally included Strettonon-Dunsmore and Princethorpe, in the south, but these were constituted a …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of Worcestershire, with Staffordshire to the north and the borough of Kidderminster to the south. The Stour … 2 The parish is well wooded, 372 acres being laid out in woods and plantations. 3 Some of these woods are ancient, namely Birch Wood, 4 Bodenham Wood and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 19th century) is a small parish lying between Claverdon and Budbrooke on the north and Snitterfield on the south, with Langley on the west and … east boundary. In 1544 it was stated that there were no woods or waste ground belonging to the manor, which was then …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… thirty yearsa handsome stone mansion looking south-east and standing in a finelywooded park of 150 acres. To the north of the park are Wolverton Wood and Wolverton Common. The soil varies, and the subsoil is … rather less than half permanent grass, the remainder being woods and plantations. 1 The Inclosure Award for Wolverton is …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1911, 657; 1921, 686; 1931, 763. Wolvey is a large parish and village on the border of the county 5 miles south-east of … of the River Anker, rising near Wolvey Farm in the south and Wolvey Wolds in the south-east of the parish. The … de Astley, Alice's son, had licence in 1346 to impark his woods, and free warren, in Wolvey and elsewhere, 65 and held …
A History of the County of Surrey
… List of maps Wonersh WONERSH Wonherche (xiv cent.); Ognersh and Ignersh (xvi and xvii cents.). Wonersh is a village about 3 miles south by … that of the high altar being handsomely carved in several woods. The chancel seats are elaborately carved in oak, with …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… ridge of downland which rises north-west of Winchester and slopes down towards the north to the tributary of the … parish boundaries from east to west narrow near the river, and here is the village of Wonston, west of which is the … parish and joins the south-eastern edge of the Freefolk Woods as they run west and form the northern boundary of …