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A History of the County of Berkshire
… of land, of which 54 are arable, 483 under permanent grass and 47 woods and plantations. 1 It lies to the north-west of Aldermaston, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… about 5 miles north of Grafham station on the Huntingdon and Kettering branch of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. It lies about 6 miles north-west from Huntingdon, and rather less north-east by north from Kimbolton, and is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… eastward. It lies on the bank of the river Thames, and was called, in the time of the Saxons, Hulviz, which, in … inhabited, owing probably to the lowness of its situation, and the overflowings of the river, before it was imbanked. A … to be annexed to his jurisdiction, as part of his county, and then incorporated them with it; and an old manuscript …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xi cent.); Wutton (xii cent.). Wootton is a large parish and scattered village covering an area of 3,788 acres, of which 1,423 are arable land, 1,803 permanent grass, and 97 consist of woods and plantations. 1 The soil is a rich, strong clay with …
A History of the County of Northampton
… parish of Wootton, covering an area of 1,735 acres land and 5 acres water, is bounded on the south and south-west by a brook running northwards to the Nene. The … 360 ft. in the north. The subsoil is Great Oolite, Middle and Upper Lias, the soil various, the crops cereals with some …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… claims. The remainder is in the hundred of Eastry, and borough of Gedding, the borsholder of which is chosen at … court leet. THE PARISH OF WOOTTON lies very obscurely and unfrequented, among the high mountainous hills of the … on the other. Eastward from hence, among the hills and woods, are the boroughs of Shelving, and of Gedding, in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON Wootton lies 9 miles (15 km.) north-west of Oxford and 2 miles (3 km.) north of Woodstock on the river Glyme. 1 … the limits of the medieval Wootton wood and other royal woods in the parish such as Fewden. 17 The land is mostly … 40 sheep. 278 In the west end the wastes, assarts, and woods seem to have provided additional grazing. In the north …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Swindon. The parish is roughly triangular in shape and covers some 5,106 a. of land. 1 From the base of the triangle to its tip in the north is about 3 miles and the distance along the base is approximately three miles. … as well as permission to enlarge it somewhat. 60 The two woods inclosed in 1229 may have retained their separate …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… covers a long strip of land stretching from Tadley and Baughurst in the north to Deane and Kempshott in the south: it contains 4,405 acres, of which … acres are permanent grass and 405 acres woodland. 1 The woods in the parish were always very valuable and extensive. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 2,264. Wootton Wawen is a large parish, about 7 miles long and 3 miles broad, including the hamlet of Ullenhall in the north-west and the township of Henley-in-Arden in the north-east, which became separate ecclesiastical parishes in 1861 and 1914 respectively. It is bounded on the north by the …