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A History of the County of Worcester
… Brumesgrave (xiii cent.); Brymmesgrove (xv cent.). From the ancient parish of Bromsgrove the civil parish of North Bromsgrove was formed … Crowfield was transferred from Dodderhill to Bromsgrove and at the same date part of Chaddesley Wood, formerly in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Brook BROOK Broc (xi and xii cent.); Broke, La Brouke, Brok (xiv cent.). Brook was at one time claimed as part of Freshwater. 1 The village consists of a few scattered cottages, mostly to …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Broc (xii, xiii cent.); Brock (xiv cent.). The parish of Brooke lies to the south of Oakham near the Leicestershire border, and was formerly within the bounds of the forest of Rutland. … has been renewed. The fittings were in a very dilapidated state before the restoration of 1880 ( Rutl. Mag. i, 207). …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… from Wye. It is written in antient records both Broc and Broke, and takes its name from its low situation on the … a rivulet. It seems once to have been accounted a hundred of itself; but at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, … which time this manor was valued at 22l. 1s. 10d. In which state it afterwards continued till the dissolution of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Brookland BROOKLAND, SO called from the several brooks and waterings within the bounds of it, lies the next parish southeastward, mostly within the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… cent.). Broom is a small parish beautifully situated to the west of the Clent Hills. A small stream rises on the eastern boundary, and running through three pools forms a slight valley through …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Brouctone, Brochtuna (xii cent.); Brouctone (xvi cent.) The parish of Broughton lies on the Oxford Clay and is watered by a stream running from Kings Ripton …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Bruton (xi cent.); Brocton (xiii cent.). Broughton lies to the south of Cransley, and has Kettering to the east of it, its northern boundary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Broughton parish (2,083 a.) lies some 2 miles south-west of Banbury and includes the townships of Broughton (975 a.) … undoubtedly owed their existence to the flourishing state of the textile industry in the county, stimulated by an … to Eliz. Bradford, daughter of Chas. Wyatt; Wyatt family papers: notes by M. L. Dix Hamilton penes Banbury Hist. Soc. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Broughton Gifford BROUGHTON GIFFORD The parish of Broughton Gifford adjoins Melksham on the west. A small … Gifford, beyond the Avon, is common to this parish and Melksham Without. The parish lies in the Oxford and … 194 In 1853 a building grant of 90 was made by the State and 463. 14 s. 11 d. raised by local subscription. 195 …