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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Ashurst ASHURST. LIES southwestward from Bidborough on the confines of this county next Sussex, from which it is separated both on the south and west sides by a small stream. This place is written in …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Ashwell ASHWELL Aescwelle, Eswell, Assewell, Asshewell. The parish of Ashwell has an area of about 4,108 acres. The ground … 200 ft. to 300ft. (with Claybush Hill attaining 328 ft.) and in the north from 100 ft. to 200 ft. above the ordnance …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Aswelle, Ashewell, Assewell (xiv cent.). Ashwell is on the Leicestershire border of the county and comprises 1,835 acres, about two-thirds of which are …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Aspelegise (xiv cent.). Aspley Guise is a parish lying on the Buckinghamshire border, on the extreme west of the county. The total area is 3,299 acres, 600 of which … form Aspley Heath, constituted a civil parish in 1883, and 800 Woburn Sands, which has been a separate …
A History of the County of Worcester
… The road from the Hundred House to Stourport forms part of the northern boundary of this picturesque parish, and a road from Stourport to Worcester passes from north to … effected. Recently the fabric, having fallen into a state of considerable disrepair, has been thoroughly …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Order, 1932). Population: 1911, 377; 1921, 448; 1931, 304. The parish of Astley is situated between the parishes of Arley and Bedworth. Its southern boundary is formed by the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Easttun, Estone (xi cent.); Aschton, Estona (xiii cent.). The parish of Aston has an acreage of 2,070 acres, of which 1,007 are arable land, 648 acres permanent grass and 122 acres wood. 1 The height of the parish above the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xi cent.); Abbodes Aston, Aston Abbatis (xiii cent.). The parish of Aston Abbots, containing the village of the same name and hamlet of Burston, covers an area of 2,198 acres, of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… north-west to south-east, stretching across the valley of the Alne. The main village, consisting of a single street, lies on the east bank of the stream; and behind the hamlet of Little Alne on the opposite bank, … Ibid., Trustees Title Deeds, iv, no. 1. S.-on-A., Wheler Papers, ii, 38. It was the residence of the Skinners (see …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Aston Rowant ASTON ROWANT The ancient parish of Aston Rowant was exceptionally large for an Oxfordshire … it included most of the modern parish of Stokenchurch and must have covered an area of about 7,298 acres. 1 It … expense the Vicarage, by then 'very ancient' and in a bad state, 519 more frequent services were held. When there was a …