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A History of the County of Berkshire
… parish of Bray. In 1684 Sir William Paul, by will, charged land called Kimbers with an annuity of 5 for the poor, which … time immemorial the parishioners have taken chalk from land in Canon Lane, containing 5 acres or thereabouts, a … poll of 19 May 1858, by Mr. Henry Darvill, and additional land by Colonel Victor W. B. Van de Weyer, by deed poll of 21 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of Bray, containing 7,820 acres, of which 2,208 are arable land, 4,690 under permanent grass and 492 woodland, 1 lies … who remained at home should have the whole of her father's land but if all of them are married outside their father's … and after 1279 he leased from the Crown various pieces of land in Windsor Forest, 113 which were granted rent free to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and 122 m. above OD. Near the N.E. and S. boundaries the land rises steeply to a Boulder Clay upland at about 152 m. … N. and passes into the adjacent ridge-and-furrow. The land between the hollow-ways is covered by indeterminate … ...' It is not known whether this involved arable land and it is possible that it was in fact the group of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the rugged features of the coast, the tracts of arable land stretching from south to north, and sloping to the sea, … and peculiarly adapted to small vessels. The quantity of land under tillage is small, compared with the waste, and … however, he had let only nineteen small portions, and the land was subsequently purchased by the corporation, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… had a small college attached to it: it is endowed with land for repairs. A Methodist meeting-house was erected about … king's books at 3. 18. 1.; net income, 120, derived from land: patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church, … 72. 11. 0.; net income, 1498, arising from 1100 acres of land, assigned in lieu of tithes, under inclosure acts, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of five between and m. E.N.E. of the church in arable land, are much worn. (a), 580 yards N.E. of the church, is 39 …
The Environs of London
… It is of very small extent, containing about 200 acres of land, of which an eighth only is arable; the soil is various, clay, gravel, and loam. The quota paid to the land-tax by this parish is 433l. 18s. 11d. being at the rate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises by computation 1768 a. 2 r. of marshy land, subject to flood. The living is a vicarage, valued in … the remainder is partly pasture, and partly arable land. The village lies on the road from Lichfield to … the 19th of September. The parish is intersected by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire and the Birmingham and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… with Wick, 4927 acres, of which 800 are common or waste land. The surface, which is bare of wood with the exception … comprises about 1500 acres of meadow, pasture, and arable land, with some mountain sheepwalks of various soils and …