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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Bleane, stiled in all judicial proceedings St. Cosmus and Damian in the Blean, is the next parish southward from … name it took from the two saints, to whom the church of it is dedicated, and from its having been situated within … their deaths shared this manor between them. In which state it continued for many years, till Thomas Langley, son …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 18th century. Blechingley is a village, formerly a borough and market town, 3 miles east of Redhill and 3 miles north-west of Godstone station. The … east of this floor has also been left much in its original state. Externally the west front is flush, except for the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Bledington BLEDINGTON The parish of Bledington lies in a valley in the Cotswolds, at the … 1 The parish, which is 1,539 a. in area, 2 is regular and compact in shape. Most of it is flat, at a height of … in 1877 was about 74. From that year the school received a state grant. 177 The fees were 2 d. and 1 d. 178 The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Blendworth BLENDWORTH Bleneworth and Blonewrth (xiii cent.); Blednewyth and Blenelworth (xiv cent.). Blendworth is a parish of scattered houses adjoining Bere Forest, and contains 2,333 … permanent grass, and 629 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The parish is intersected by the main road to Havant, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Bletchingdon BLETCHINGDON This parish of 2,654 acres lies roughly mid-way between Oxford and … Earl of Anglesey, at one time President of the Council of State, Vice-Treasurer for Ireland, and Lord Privy Seal, lived … the estimated population was 355, 268 and the settlement papers suggest that there had been some immigration from the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xiv cent.). Bletsoe is a parish about 6 miles north-west of Bedford on the road to Higham Ferrers. It contains 2,249 acres, of which … 1, 208 acres are arable land, 814 acres permanent grass and 72 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil is clay, the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Parishes Blewbury with Upton and Aston Upthorpe BLEWBURY with UPTON and ASTON UPTHORPE … Bletberie (xi cent.); Bleobir, Blebery (xiiixvii cent.). The parish of Blewbury formerly contained the hamlets of Upton (Optone, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xiii cent.); Blysworth, Bleseworth (xiv cent.). The parish of Blisworth covers 1,980 acres; the soil varies from a strong clay to a light mixed soil and towards the wood a black loam. The parish abounds with …
A History of the County of Worcester
… (xi cent.); Blocclea (xii cent.); Blockelegh (xiii cent.). The parish of Blockley, containing nearly 7,896 acres, of which 2,360 are arable, 4,128 permanent grass and 290 woods and plantations, 1 lies among the Cotswolds to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish lies on gently rising ground 3 miles south-west of Banbury. 1 The ancient parish, out of which the parishes of Bloxham (3,142 a.) and Milcombe (1,254 a.) were formed in 1854, covered 4,397 a. … was neglected and that the people were 'in a very low state of religious life'. James Hodgson (185286) was a High …