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A History of the County of Shropshire
… boundary of the parish followed field edges; a tongue of land protruding south-west from it included part of the … parish from Posenhall chapelry. 83 With the Posenhall land Lawrence acquired land in Wyke, which may explain the origin of a 1½-a. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the inmates of the hospital. Thomas Baynes bequeathed land producing 12 per annum, for the augmentation of the head … The manor belonged to a branch of the Beresfords of Staffordshire, who settled at this place in the reign of … came, by marriage with their heiress, to the Beresfords of Staffordshire, from whom it passed into various hands. Of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… an area of 194 acres, contains 1,138 acres of arable land, 1,077 acres of permanent grass, and 119 acres of woods … King of the Saxons, granted 60 hides in Farnham of the land of Ceddas, Cisus, and Criswan, of which 10 were in … Elder confirmed a grant by his predecessors of 60 hides of land at Farnham and 10 hides at Bentley to the bishop, 12 and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… bought in 1553 by Oliver St. John and Robert Thorneton, 53 land speculators. In 1582 Thomas Michelborne of Winchester died seised of 5 acres of land in Bepton, 54 held of the Queen, as of her manor of East …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… included the old settlement of Milborne Stileham and its land to the N., now incorporated within Milborne St. Andrew …
Survey of London
… view from the house as far as the extent of his own land would permit by refraining from building on a strip of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… seldom exceeding half a mile in breadth, from which the land rises in most parts gradually, forming moderately … beauty; but it contains the greatest quantity of waste land of any in the county, the most extensive tracts of waste … and of sheep-walks on the chalk hills, the quantity of land in cultivation does not exceed the general average of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… rendered was one by which the holder of two virgates of land was bound to provide his lord and the lord's family with … School. 180 In 1838 the countess of Bridgewater conveyed land upon trust for the erection of suitable school-rooms, … formerly distributed among the poor in bread. In 1866 the land was sold for 1,200 and invested in 1,338 18 s. 3 d. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent. The parish of Berkhampstead comprises 4,345 acres of land and 19 acres of land covered by water. Of this, 1,484 acres are arable, 1,265 … this parish was apparently at one time forest land; the extensive wastes, described in mediaeval times as …