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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lies Denton, called in the Textus Roffensis, Denitune, and in Domesday, Danitone, which name it is supposed to take from its having been the habitation of the Danes, i.e. Dane town. It is now usually called Lower … was taken, in 1650, of this parsonage, by order of the state, when it was returned, that Denton was a small parish, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… next to Barham south-eastward, being written in the survey of Domesday, Danitone, and at present Denton by Eleham, to distinguish it from … son. He has since restored this mansion to an excellent state, and new laid out the adjoining grounds, and now …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… AS far as lies within this county, is within the hundred of Blackheath, and was so named from the deep ford here over the river … workhouse of St. Nicholas, the only remains of its former state being two brick piers of a large gateway. Near it is …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.). Didcot lies chiefly on a ridge running east and west between the Thames Valley on the north and the Hagbourne Marshes on … the south. The village is situated a little to the north of the main road from Wantage to Wallingford. Between the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Dodington, Dudington (xiii cent.); Dydyngton (xiv cent.). The parish of Diddington contains 1,292 acres of land. The soil is loam and the subsoil mainly Oxford Clay. The land rises westward …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Dikkeswell, Dixwell (xvi cent.); Diggeswell (xvii cent.). The parish of Digswell has an area of 1,673 acres, of which 746 acres are arable land, 465 acres permanent grass, and 18 acres wood. 1 The land reaches an elevation of over …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Dimchurch DIMCHURCH. THE next adjoining parish southward upon the sea thore, is … in antient records, Demecberche) lying in the same level of Romney Marsh, and within the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… DINNINGTON Dinnington is a small parish sheltering below the 300 ft. scarp now marking the northern boundary of Hinton Park, 3 miles SW. of South Petherton. In 1839 it … 2 The ancient boundaries with Kingstone to the north and west suggest a common estate and point to the ownership …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Dynton (xvi cent.). Dinton is a large parish in the Vale of Aylesbury and it lies in three hundreds. The village of … and base-moulds. The north gable remains in its original state, and has a very pretty projecting gabled window on the … Causes, iv, 443. Cal. S.P. Dom. 168990, p. 295. Treas. Papers, lxxxix, no. 51. Ibid. ccxlviii, no. 41. Ibid. Ibid. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… (xiii-xvi cent.); Dytcheling (xvii cent.). The parish of Ditchling has an area of 3,844 acres. It is a long, narrow strip little more than a mile wide, and about 6 miles long from north to south. The height varies … was held on Lady Day, 25 Mar., and after the change in the calendar on 5 April. There was also one on 12 Oct. for …