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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parva Limford (xiii cent.). This parish covers 728 acres, of which 143 are arable, 392 permanent grass and 130 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is mixed and the subsoil is Great Oolite. The ground …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Coudray (xiii cent.). Little Woolstone has an area of 631 acres (623 acres of land and 8 acres covered by water), of which 147 are arable land, 1 are covered by woods and plantations and the remainder laid down in permanent grass. 1 The ground …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Long Crendon (xvi cent.). This parish covers 3,348 acres, of which about 1,413 are arable, 1,587 permanent grass, and 2 woods. 2 The soil is loam and clay on a subsoil of Kimmeridge Clay, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Loghtone (xiv cent.). This parish covers 1,536 acres, of which 353 acres are arable, 945 permanent grass and 9 woods and plantations. 1 The level of the land is for the most part about 300 ft. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Winchingdon (xvii cent.); Little Winchenden (xix cent.). The area of this parish is 1,553 acres, of which 469 are arable land, where wheat, barley and turnips are grown, about 1,026 permanent grass, and 2 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Ludgershall (xviii cent.). This parish covers an area of 2,732 acres, of which 2,347 acres are permanent grass and 199 acres arable. 1 The land rises from about 200 ft. above the ordnance datum in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… cent.); Morthone (xiii cent.); Maydemorton (xvi cent.). The parish covers about 1,365 acres, of which 376 are arable, 786 permanent grass and 26 woods and plantations. 1 The ground slopes from a …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiv cent.); Marsh Gibbon (xvi-xx cent.). This parish, on the Oxfordshire border, covers 2,817 acres, nearly the whole of which is permanent grass. 2 The soil and subsoil are clay; the principal crops produced are wheat, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Little Claydon (xiii, xiv cent.). This parish has an area of nearly 2,640 acres, of which more than half is arable … were carried out in the mid-19th century. 6 In its present state Claydon House, as far as external appearance goes, is a … 6 Hen. VI, no. 3. Close, 38 Hen. VI, m. 14. Bruce, Verney Papers, 22. He appears to have purchased it, since he …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Gaynes (xvii cent.). This parish covers 1,909 acres, of which 479 are arable and 1,339 permanent grass. 1 The soil is clay, the subsoil sand and gravel. The chief …