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A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Charlton Adam CHARLTON ADAM The ancient parish of Charlton Adam, often known as East Charlton, had an area estimated at 1,458 a. in 1810 1 and at 1,476 a. in 1861, 2 but no accurate assessment of its … the church wall was stated to be in decay. 370 The poor state of the churchyard wall was again presented in 1568, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Charlton Mackrell CHARLTON MACKRELL The ancient parish of Charlton Mackrell, often known as West Charlton, had an … a. in 1901. 4 The parish lies 2 miles east of Somerton and nearly 4 miles north of Ilchester, being bounded on the … ma. 3/2/1. The descent of this manor is based on two papers by Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte: Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… CHARLTON-ON-OTMOOR The ancient parish consisted of 1,961 acres and was roughly two miles wide and one mile long. In the 19th … in Hamburg. 225 He found the people 'sunk into a strange state of demoralization', but about 1823 he told the local …
A History of the County of Surrey
… The village is 7 miles south-west-by-south from Reigate, and rather more south-west from Dorking. The parish is … and Rusper, and another by Leigh and Horley. The main part of the parish is about 4 miles from east to west, and 3 miles … done, much of the external firestone ashlar being in a bad state of decay, whilst there are several cracks over the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… THIS PARISH is but small, the lower or southern ridge of Quarry-hills divides the upper and lower parts of it, the latter is in the district of the … and chapters, this parsonage was surveyed by order of the state in 1649, when it was returned, that the parsonage, or …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the next parish eastward from Chilham. The greatest part of it is in the hundred of Felborough, and some small part of it, viz. the manor of Horton, in the … reign, whilst under that king's displeasure. In which state it remained till the dissolution, when it came, with …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to Rochester eastward. It is called in Domesday, CETEHAM, and in the Textus Roffensis, CTTHAM. This place seems to take … cyte, a cottage, and ham, a village, i. e. the village of cottages. THE PARISH OF CHATHAM extends four miles in … as warm a reception as was possible, from the indifferent state that fortress was in, yet they found means to seize the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (xi cent.); Cheame, as early as 1571. Cheam is a parish on the northern side of the Chalk Downs, 3 miles north-east of Epsom, 5 miles … It measures about 3 miles from north-west to south-east, and is about a mile wide, of a regular form, containing 1,909 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… cent.); Chetindon (xiii cent.); Chetingdon (xiv cent.). The parish of Cheddington contains 1,425 acres, of which 280 acres are arable land, 800 acres permanent grass, and 21 acres woods and plantations. The soil is of Oxford …
A History of the County of Bedford
… xiv cent.); Chelyngton, Chillington (xiv, xv cent.). The parish of Chellington contains 1,530 acres, of which 692 are arable land, 614 pasture and grass and 23 woods and plantations. 1 Chellington is …