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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the town present a pleasing diversity of scenery, and the land is richly cultivated: among the numerous seats are the … was founded in 1710, and is maintained by the rent of land purchased with several benefactions, and by … containing 136 inhabitants. It comprises 1386 acres of land. The village occupies an eminence commanding an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the village lies at about 100 ft. above OD. To the E., the land rises gradually to a level Boulder Clay covered upland … lies immediately W. of All Saints' church, on mainly level land at 120 ft. above OD. Little is known of its history, but …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… with its transformation to a suburb of Gloucester. The land of Barnwood is generally flat, rising at its highest … the mid 17th century the soil was cultivated as open-field land or grassland. Inclosure of most of the common land was completed in 1799. Market gardening became important …
A History of the County of Essex
… in St. Botolph's parish bought in 1806. 99 The 14 a. of land used in 1818 was given up before 1836, but leased again … to the town as a recreation ground. 2 BARRACK AND ARMY LAND WITHIN THE BOROUGH c.1953 In 1855 and 1856 wooden huts, … St. Botolph, East Donyland, and Fingringhoe. All the land lay south of the town. 5 The purchase of St. John's farm …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… where the trackway runs at a height of over 200 ft. the land falls, steeply at first and then more gently, to the … 'East' and 'West' Fields, and classifies the arable land as 'white land', 'red land' and 'low field'. (b) Strip lynchets, in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… on a slight rise in the Broseley-Wenlock road. Most of the land is over 180 m. and rises to c. 230 m. near White Mines … of 1814 Sir Ferdinand Acton conveyed much of his Barrow land, with the manorial rights over that part, to Cecil … Warin (fl. 1244 × 1262). He in turn granted half of his land in Arlescott to his daughter Margaret. Robert of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… pier of wood was built by the railway company in 1846. The land near the village is mostly arable, the surface rather … containing 142 inhabitants. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under an inclosure act of the 39th … of 36 (subject to a deduction of 3. 12. 4.) arising from land and tenements assigned by deed of the Rev. John Crosier, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… bay of the Bristol Channel, is separated from the main land only by a narrow isthmus, which is dry at low water. It … a half in circumference, and comprises about 300 acres of land, let as one farm, but chiefly in a wild state of heath … the estates of four of the principal proprietors of land, whom he removed by exchange, on the erection of the …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… annum. These amount to rather more than eighty acres, the land tax on which is redeemed. The churchwarden holds a piece of land producing about 30 s. per annum, given for the benefit … leaping into the sea, and exciting the Roman soldiers to land and attack the Britons. It weighs two pennyweights, two …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Archbishop of York. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, in 1759. The church has several … clay and gravel, and produces excellent corn and hay; the land lies upon a slope, and is encompassed with lofty … are in the township of Barton; about two-thirds of the land are arable and in profitable cultivation, and the …