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A History of the County of Warwick
… 176. On the east this parish adjoins Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, but the portion of the former county which … dated 956, by which he gave the vill to Earl fhere 1 and seem, so far as they can be identified, to agree fairly … south of the village), constructed to supply the Oxford and Birmingham Canal, which winds through the parish. From …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Wormley (Wurmelea, Wermelai, xicent.; Wermele, xiii and xvi cent.) is a long, narrow parish stretching east and west and wooded at its western end. On the east it is bounded by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the chalk hills, lies Wormsell, now vulgarly called, and as frequently written, Wormshill. THAT PART of it … of East Kent, but the rest of it, including the church and village, is in that of West Kent, to which division … church yard are some tombs of the Thatcher's, and for the Woods who resided at Northwood, in this parish and Bicknor. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Worplesdon WORPLESDON Werpesdune (xi cent.); Werplesdone and Werplesden (xii cent.). Worplesdon is a parish lying 3 … miles north-west from Guildford. It contains 5,253 acres, and is about 5 miles east to west, and 3 miles north to south … Feet of F. Surr. Hil. 3 Hen. IV. Deed from Mr. Percy Woods, C.B. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. IV, no. 48. Chan. Inq. p.m. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… is a large parish on the northern border of the county and the north-east corner of the rape, having an area of … to London runs up the western border of the parish, and the Southern Railway line parallel to it about 1 miles to … of Worth held by the Bergavenny family was known as the forests of Tilgate and Strudgate. 40 The remainder, under the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… area of 1,145 acres: it lies to the west of Basingstoke, and the eastern boundary runs along the line of the Roman … to Basingstoke, not far from the point at which the London and South Western Railway crosses both this and the Roman road. The great lime tree by the railway arch …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Parishes Wotton WOTTON Odetone and Wodeton (xi cent.); Wodetone, Wodinton and Woditon (xiii cent.); Wodeton (xv cent.); Wodyngton, Wootton, and Wotton (xvi cent. and onwards). Wotton parish is bounded …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Wrastlingewurde (xii cent.); Wrestlingforth (xvii and xviii cents.). Wrestlingworth is a small rural parish … acreage 1,294 acres are arable land, 225 permanent grass, and 3 woods and plantations. 1 The land slopes slightly from north …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Ruteham. In Domesday book it is written Broteham, and in the Textus Roffensis, WROTEHAM. THE PARISH of Wrotham … are the two hamlets of Great and Little Comp, and the woods of that name, and the right towards Ightham, the … is the great tract of woodland called Comp and the Herst woods. There was formerly a chapel belonging to this …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… lost 148 a. (60 ha.) to the municipal borough in 1928 and 36 a. (15 ha.) in 1934. 2 Wroughton's southern boundary, 9 km. distant, is on the Marlborough Downs, and is formed by the trackway known as Smeathe's ridge which … road formerly running from Swindon up to Smeathe's ridge and Barbury down makes the eastern boundary. The western …