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A History of the County of Warwick
… 117. Wroxall lies about 6 miles north-west of Warwick and 14 miles south of Birmingham, the road between those … of the parish, where a height of 415 ft. is reached, and then bending to the north-west. At the bend a road leads … 1 estate, including the church. There are a few small woods and coppices in the centre of the parish. The common …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (2,543 a.) 2 lies 3 miles westnorth-west of Banbury and includes the hamlet of Balscott. 3 It lies on a sandstone … falling down 20 ft. and a serpentine river running through woods from the dam to the stream at the end of the park; a … and to make the copyholders plant also. 206 Wroxton's woods, however, no doubt suffered like the rest of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… feature, are nearly concentrated in the three diminutive and contiguous parishes of Brignall, Rokeby and Wycliffe.' 1 Wycliffe is of the same pastoral type of … arable land, 1,184 acres permanent grass, and 48 acres woods and plantations. 2 The average elevation is from 400 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… parish eastward from Challock. It is spelt in Domesday, and other antient records, Wy. THE PARISH lies in a healthy … fertile Ashford vale; the fine pasture down hills of Wye and Braborne bound the eastern side of it, as does another … the large extent of woodland, called King's and Challock woods, over which, for near two miles, this parish reaches …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… parish is composed of the township of Wykeham with Ruston and covers a narrow strip of land running 11 miles from north … which 1,683 acres are arable, 1,034 acres permanent grass and 542 acres woodland. 1 The village of Wykeham and hamlets of Ruston and Langdale End are situated on …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wylye WYLYE Wylye village is half way between Salisbury and Warminster, 15 km. from each. 1 The parish, 2,314 a. (936 … to east across its middle. It contains the land of Wylye and of Deptford, that of each forming a strip, Deptford's to the north and, twice as wide, Wylye's to the south. 2 In 1934 the half …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… north from Portsmouth, containing the villages of Wymering and Cosham, and the tithing of Hilsea, about one mile south of Cosham. It was about three miles in length and three miles in breadth, and contained 3,079 acres of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… WIMINGTON Wimmentone (xi cent.). Wymington, whose northern and western boundary is identical with the county boundary between Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, is a parish of 1,760 acres. Of this … acreage 677 acres are arable, 851 permanent grass and 10 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is clay, the subsoil sand, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… area of 1,670 acres, of which a large part is covered with woods. The ground rises gradually from the banks of the … from Helenstow in Abingdon were dispersed at this time and the nunnery was never restored. The tradition of its … by the Harcourt family. 2 It is known as Wytham Abbey, and was for centuries the residence of the Lords Norreys and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… ground. Most of this parish is in the hundred of Twyford, and the rest of it, viz. the borough of Rugmerhill, is in the … of West Farleigh, is in the borough of West Farleigh, and the borsholder thereof ought to be chosen at the court … it, and its wild appearance, covered with large and thick woods, gaining it the name of a forest, by which appellation …