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A History of the County of Surrey
… measures nearly 4 miles from north-west to south-east, and is scarcely a mile in breadth. It contains 1,859 acres, and extends over the usual variety of soils, the southern part being upon the chalk downs, the … the keeper's lodge. All the buildings were in a very good state, and 'not fit to be demolished or taken down,' and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Cudworth CUDWORTH Cudworth, on the northern scarp of Windwhistle ridge, covered an area of 1,100 a. in 1841, and 1,125 a. by 1901. 1 From its southern boundary on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Culham CULHAM The parish lies some 7 miles south of Oxford in a bend of the River Thames, which forms its … neglected. In 1736 it is described as being in a ruinous state; but in that year the first of a series of Acts was … Locks and Weirs, 144. Reading Public Libr., Treacher Papers, Ledger 178997, f. 111. Thacker, Locks and Weirs, 167. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Cumnor CUMNOR Colmanora (vii cent.); Comenore (xi cent.). The parish of Cumnor has an area of 7,453 acres, including the modern … Bradley, Chawley, Henwood, Hillend, Stroud, Swinford and Whitley. Its western boundary is the River Isis, and only …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… xiii cent.; Coundale, xvi cent.), with its township of Nortonle-Clay, lies in the south-east corner of the wapentake of Hallikeld, where … ecclesiastical parish of Cundall, lies across the river, and is included in Birdforth. The parish covers about 3,700 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 3,181. 1 Population: 1911, 335; 1921, 413; 1931, 405. The parish of Curdworth lies about 8 miles from Birmingham on the … the highest point in the parish being just over 300 ft., and the lowest about 250 ft. on the River Tame, which serves …
Magna Britannia
… about five miles from Penrith: it contains the townships of Dacre, Great-Blencowe, Newbiggin, Soulby, and Stainton. These townships collectively contained, in … of parliament in 1649 or 1650, describes it to be in a state of great decay, and values the materials for sale at …
Magna Britannia
… Parishes Dalbury - Derby Dalbury DALBURY, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies about six miles West from … John Whitehurst, author of An Enquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth, followed his occupation of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… with two hamlets. It covers a little more than 1,000 acres of ground on the lower slopes of the Howardian Hills, east of … the ground is well wooded; it slopes down to open pasture and arable land in the south. The soil is sand and clay on a … transferred in 1618 to Robert Naunton, chief secretary of state, 22 who in the next year conveyed it to George Nandyke …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Danby Forest (xvi-xvii cent.). This parish is composed of the township of Danby, which contains the market town of Castleton (a new village, mentioned in 1715) 1 and the hamlets of Dale or Danby End, Little Fryup (Frehope, … first floor on this side. It is in a somewhat dilapidated state, and in the late 16th century a portion of the eastern …