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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… signifying in the Saxon language, one that is both moist and bleak. IT IS a situation equally unpleasant as it is unhealthy, lying most part of it low, the water bad, and the air unwholesome from the … archbishop Wake, as may be seen in his treatise on the state of the church. Under the descriptions of Lenham and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1,555. Population: 1911, 118; 1921, 119; 1931, 101. The parish lies to the east of the River Stour, on the right bank of which, above the mill-pond, stand the church, the rectory, and the manor-house, which is a stone building of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… BARCOMBE Bercham (xii cent.); Bercompe, Bercampe (xiii and xiv cent.); Berkham, Berecompe (xv cent.). Situated on the River Ouse, which forms its eastern boundary, the parish of Barcombe covers an area of 4,997 acres of land and 34 of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1931, 634. This small parish is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the River Avon, which forms its western boundary. The … 18th-century stone bridge over the Avon is a farm building and opposite it a cottage with some 17th-century framing. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… St. Michael or Great Barford lies 5 miles (8 km.) south of Banbury and 2 miles (3 km.) west of Deddington on the river Swere, which forms the northern boundary of the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xiii cent.); Barram, Barrham (xvi cent.). This parish, the area of which is 742 acres, is composed of four large farms and an inn, and has a diminishing population. The land rises …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Barham BARHAM, ANTIENTLY written Bereham, lies the next parish eastward. There are five boroughs in it, viz. of Buxton, Outelmeston, Derrington, Breach, and Shelving. The manor of Bishopsborne claims over almost …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.). Barkham is a small parish 1,388 acres in area, of which 417 acres are arable, 559 permanent grass and 333 woods and plantations. 1 The Barkham Brook, a … co. Hereford. He was at one time Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, and married Charlotte Jane …
Magna Britannia
… - Bolsover Barlborough BARLBOROUGH, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, is situated seven miles and A … along the grand terrace, now unroofed and in a dilapidated state. Mr. Bray was of opinion, that the apartments in these …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Parishes Barnes BARNES Berne (xi, xiii and xiv cent. and 1629). The parish of Barnes contains 1,027 acres. It lies on the Thames, inside … the rest, remained underneath. It was then, however, in a state of ruin, and soon after was pulled down, 7 the pictures …