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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was mentioned in 1654 and still contained some uninclosed land in 1811. 15 In 1839 a few acres of uninclosed arable … small-holdings which were worked on a part-time basis. The land was mainly used to support dairy cows, but some sheep …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the north-western is occupied by a large wooded spur of land rising to over 500 ft.; the low ground is formed by the … woodland. 6 Fifty acres of conifers were planted on waste land in the parish in the early 18th century, 7 and the woods …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to John Ayleway, 73 and Robert Ayleway of Blaisdon sold land there in 1652; 74 Robert Ayleway and Richard Long were …
A Dictionary of London
… Robert his brother to the canons of Holy Trinity of their land of "Blanchesapeltuna," this land being in the soke of the said Robert. This description …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… modern parish covers about 1050 hectares and contains the land of the medieval settlement of Blakesley itself and of … is now the parish of Woodend. Blakesley parish lies on land sloping generally S., drained by several streams which … Lias Clay at 137 m. above OD. The village had its own land unit occupying the N. part of Blakesley parish (Fig. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a curve of the R. Stour which bounds it to S. and W. The land varies in altitude between 100 ft. and 200 ft. above … on the N. side of the churchyard, which were built on land that formerly belonged to the school (Act of Parliament, … fier we had but one of the houses on Williamses charoty land . . . that on the east side of the gate, where we lived. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises by computation 5000 acres, chiefly arable land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at … and has a net income of 115. The tithes were commuted for land in 1777; the vicarial portion consists of 58 acres, and … the Dean and Canons of Christ-Church, Oxford, to whom land and a money payment were assigned in lieu of tithes in …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Michaelmas and its length allotted to various owners whose land lay alongside. 4 The soil is chiefly clay and almost the … floor and a halfattic above. MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Land in Blaston was said to have been granted to Peterborough … other Peterborough estates in the area. 27 The abbey held land in Blaston in chief c. 1250, 28 in 1279, 29 1346, 30 and …