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A History of the County of Warwick
… Acreage: 998. Population: 1911, 211; 1921, 174; 1931, 156. The parish of Bearley is bounded on the north by Wootton Wawen and Langley, on the east by Snitterfield, and on the south …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 231; 1931, 240. Beaudesert is a small parish lying across the River Alne to the north and west of Henley-in-Arden. The main village, consisting of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… THIS PARISH is situated wholly within the county of Kent, though its bounds extend westward to that of Surry. It is called in Domesday, BACHEHAM, and in the Textus Roffensis, BECCEHAM, being so called from … St. John, by his first wife, being one of the ministers of state to queen Anne, and of her privy council, was, in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Beckford BECKFORD Beckford lies 6 miles east of Tewkesbury, on the southside of Bredon Hill. 1 Becca's ford, from which the … the Carrant brook. The ancient parish covered 2,778 a., 3 and included the hamlets of Grafton, Bengrove, and Didcot. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Beckley BECKLEY The ancient parish of Beckley used to reach at its southern end to within four miles of Oxford, and stretched beyond the hamlet of Whitecross Green in the … 1580 onwards give a detailed picture of the agricultural calendar. In addition to the hayward, moormen, and swineherd, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… BEDALE Bedale is a parish covering about 8,000 acres and including the townships of Aiskew, Firby, Burrill and Cowling, Crakehall and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Parishes Beddington BEDDINGTON Bedintune, Bedington. The parish of Beddington contains 3,127 acres, including 1,439 acres of arable land, 614 of permanent grass and 45 of woods. 1 As usual, on the north side of the chalk, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); Bodehampton (xv cent.); Bedhampton (xvi cent.). The parish of Bedhampton is very long and narrow, being about 1 miles in breadth at the widest part …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 9,595; 1921, 11,548; 1931, 16,956. Bedworth is a parish and former market-town on the high road from Coventry to Nuneaton, 5 miles north of the former place, with which it was connected by electric … of the openings appear to be preserved in their original state. The belfry window of two lights in each of the four …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Beechingstoke, 1 also known simply as 'Stoke' until the 19th century, 2 is situated on a small rise of greensand at the south-east corner of Cannings marsh midway between Pewsey and Devizes, and is about 5 miles distant from each. Roughly …