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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Axford AXFORD Axford was the westernmost tithing of Ramsbury parish, with downland on both sides of the Kennet. Its north, south, and west boundaries were those of the parish. Its east … Mrs. B. Croucher, 25 Ashley Piece. W.R.O. 1883, loose papers in rent bk. 1880; rental, 1888. Inf. from Mrs. D. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… The Saxon Chronicle, supposed to be written about the time of Bede, names it gelesford; Nennius, the Bri tish historian, … is large, and has many apparent remains of its former state about it. In the grounds belonging to it, about two … Peramb. p. 449. Lambarde's Dict. p. 108. Plott's MSS. papers. Kilburne's Surv. p. 17. Lambarde's Peramb. p. 451. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent.); Ayete (xiv cent.); Eyott (xvi cent.). The parish of Ayot St. Lawrence has an area of 750 acres, of which about three-fifths are arable, about 200 acres grass, and over 100 acres wood. 1 The greater part of the parish is … Ayot St. Lawrence in 1354, when it was said to be in a bad state 71; it was ruinous in 1375, 72 and probably fell into …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Hayate (xiii cent.); Ayete (xv cent.); Eyott (xvi cent.). The parish of Ayot St. Peter has an area of 1,093 acres, of which 666 acres are under cultivation, 140 are grass and 2 wood. 1 The elevation of the parish above the ordnance …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xiii cent.). This parish, which is now broken up into the four ecclesiastical parishes of Aysgarth, Askrigg, Hardraw, and Hawes, includes the whole valley of the Ure from a point …
A History of the County of Rutland
… cent.); Ayston (xviii cent. onwards); Ayson (xviii cent.). The area of the parish of Ayston is 904 acres, with a population of 56 … where it is about 300 ft. The subsoil is Upper Lias and Inferior Oolite, the soil being red loam growing wheat, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… hundred, lies across the river Granta 6 miles southeast of Cambridge. 1 Its boundaries, enclosing an area of 2,387 a., are formed on the north and east by ancient roads: on the north is the road called … which won many prizes; his rams were leased to breeders in America and Europe. The flock, reduced to 969 sheep, was sold …
A History of the County of Warwick
… station on the Great Western Railway; the northern and western boundaries are formed by small streams, and the … runs parallel with and just inside the western boundary of the parish. A road running north from Rowington, at a … was formerly a doorway. An internal chimney-stack over the State Bedroom fire-place has two 17th-century diagonal shafts …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 3 miles west from Atherstone Station, on coal measures. The Roman road of Watling Street forms the boundary of the parish at its north-east angle for about 300 yards, and the northern boundary is formed by the Penmire Brook. The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called Basmere. It is a parish but little frequented, and with hardly any thoroughfare, lying on the opposite side of the high road from Faversham to Ashford, which runs along … noble actions they performed, and the highest offices of state which they held from time to time, among which was the …