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A History of the County of Warwick
… 666. The parish is bounded on the east by the River Avon and on the west by the River Sowe, and the presence of these streams accounts for the unusually large amount of … Speaker of the House of Commons in 1709 and Secretary of State. 38 He died in 1732 and the male line ended with the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… BAGLEY WOOD Bacganleah (x cent.); Baggalea (xii cent.). The tract of land called Bagley Wood, which was extra-parochial in … In the 13th century men were frequently assaulted and sometimes killed in Bagley Wood. 2 The rioters of …
Magna Britannia
… Parishes Bakewell Bakewell The extensive parish of BAKEWELL comprises the township of that name; the … Brushfield, Calver, Curbar, Flagg, Froggatt, Over and Nether-Haddon, Harthill, Hassop, Little-Longstone (or … when the first Duke lived there occasionally in great state, and is said to have kept his Christmas with open …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Bawcombe (xvii cent.); Bolkham (xviii cent.). The parish of Balcombe has an area of 4,718 acres, stretching down in one part to touch the River Ouse in the south, and rising high up on to the forest ridge in the north and … in a scrolled frame is the inscription: 'Behold the whole state of man, Who is borne to dye but dyes he knows not when, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… (xii cent.); Baldac (xiii cent.); Baldoke (xvi cent.). The parish of Baldock has an area of 263 acres, of which 1 acres are arable land, 56 acres permanent grass, and 4 acres wood. 1 Under the provisions of the Divided …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1,353; 1921, 1,545; 1931, 1,992. Balsall, originally part of Hampton-in-Arden, was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1863 and was enlarged by the inclusion of part of Knowle in 1932. It is roughly an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Balsham BALSHAM The parish of Balsham 1 lying 9 miles south-east of Cambridge and 3 … a classroom, and a teacher's house. The school received a state grant from 1864. 211 By 1868 evening classes were also … 515/SP 572. Charterho. Mun., MR 2/550; ibid. estate papers. B.L. Add. MS. 6165, ff. 267, 282. Margaret Aston, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… BALTONSBOROUGH The parish and ancient chapelry of Baltonsborough lies in the broad, flat Brue valley 5 km. … the 19th century. By 1904 the tower was in a dangerous state and had to be partly demolished and rebuilt in 1905. … Ibid. A/ATT 1; ibid. D/P/balt 2/1/4; Austin letters and papers in the possession of the late Miss P. Cotton, West …
Magna Britannia
… Bampton BAMPTON, a small market town in the hundred of that name and in the deanery of Tiverton, is about seven miles from … port for landing wool for the serge-makers from America and Ireland. No wool is now imported. There is a …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Benestede (xi cent.), Banested (xii cent.), Benested and Bansted (xiii cent.), Bendestede (xiv cent.), Bansted (xviii cent.). Banstead is a village 3 miles south of Sutton on the east of the road to Reigate. The parish measures 6 miles …