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A History of the County of Surrey
… East Horsley EAST HORSLEY East Horsley is bounded on the north by Cobham and Ockham, on the east by Effingham, on the south by Shere … It measures 4 miles from north to south, and threequarters of a mile from east to west. It contains 1,826 acres. The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… East Hillesley, East Islesley, East Ilsley (xvii cent.). The parish of East Ilsley covers an area of 3,017 acres, of which 1,082 acres are arable land, 1,328 permanent grass and 80 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil is chalk and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… KENNETT East Kennett, 319 ha. (788 a.), lies 7 km. west of Marlborough, separated from West Kennett in Avebury to the north by the river Kennet from which both take their … name Kennett appears in records from the 10th century 2 and may have been applied to several settlements in the river …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes East Knoyle EAST KNOYLE The ancient parish of East Knoyle, c. 5,786 a. (2,341 ha.), included the … to south-west axis some 27 km. west of Salisbury and 6 km. ESE. of Mere, was rectangular, some 6 km. long and … no. 6. Local information. W.A.S. Libr., Benett-Stanford papers, draft hist.; ex inf. Mr. A. B. Hayne, Estate Office, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… EAST LANGDON, SO called in regard to the adjoining parish of West Langdon, and from the two words, langeand dune, signifying the long … abbot and convent of St. Radigund in this estate. In which state both these manors continued till the final dissolution …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes East Lydford EAST LYDFORD The irregularly shaped parish of East Lydford lies 5 miles east of Somerton, extending about 1 mile from north to south, and from east to west. The course of the Foss Way forms the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… EASTWARD from Leyborne lies East Malling, called in the Textus Roffensis, MEALLINGES, and in Domesday, METLINGES. THIS PARISH is delightfully … it inclines more to a loam and red brick earth; but most of it is very fertile, as well for corn as for plantations of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); East Menes (xiii cent.); Estmune, Estmunes, Moene and Estmeone (xiv cent.); Estmene (xv cent.); and Estmeane (xvi cent.). Until 1894 the parish of East Meon included the tithings of Oxenbourn, Coomb, … from Board of Agriculture (1905). Parl. Accts. and Papers, 18934, lxxi, 485. The piece of the main Petersfield …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… EAST PECKHAM. SOUTHWARD from Mereworth lies the parish of East or Great Peckham, written in Domesday, PECHEHAM, and in the Textus Roffensis, PECHAM. It has the appellation … to be surveyed and sold, to supply the necessities of the state; in pursuance of which, there was soon afterwards a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes East Quantoxhead EAST QUANTOXHEAD The parish of East Quantoxhead, known in the 13th century as … on the coast across a vigorously undulating coastal strip, and then up the scarp by ridge or combe to the top of the …