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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Eatonbridge lies Hever, called in the Textus Roffensis, and some antient records, Heure, and in others, Evere. This … below the sand hill, and is consequently in that district of this county called The Weald. There is a small part of it, … virtue of a commission of enquiry, taken by order of the state, in 1650, issuing out of chancery, it was returned, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… cent.); Hextone (xv cent.). Hexton formerly belonged to the half-hundred of Hitchin, but when it came into the possession of the … of the Chiltern Hills, which are covered with short turf and plantations of fir trees. The hills end abruptly and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Heythrop HEYTHROP Heythrop, a parish of 1,763 a. (713.5 ha.), comprises the townships of Heythrop and Dunthrop. Although united early for ecclesiastical … of Mrs. Lybbe Powys, 199200. Brewer, Oxon. 459. Wentworth Papers, ed. J. J. Cartwright, 345. Undated plan in Arundel …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Parishes Hickling HICKLING. Doomsday, Echeling and Hegeling. A Small Part of this Township was a Berue of Crophill, and did and doth … and what follows is more a description of its present state, than an endeavour to counteract opinions of former …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… High Wycombe is the first town in Buckinghamshire in point of size, and perhaps the most important from the point of … and the South Bucks Standard, started in 1890, both weekly papers, being issued at the present day. In 1672 the house of … execute processes, summon juries and attend the mayor on state occasions bearing the mace. Among the lesser officers …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in antient records is variously written Hecham, Hegham, and Heabham. It was from the reign of king Stephen till about the reign of king Edward III. … of tithes, called Odeley portion, taken by order of the state in 1650; on the dissolution of deans and chapters, &c. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xii cent.); Heyham, Heghham (xiiixiv cents.). The parish of Higham Gobion comprises 1,298 acres, of which 610 consist of arable land, 335 of permanent grass, and 1 roods of plantations. 1 The soil is strong clay, with a … The tower and north aisle having fallen into a ruinous state, the tower arch and north arcade were blocked up with …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Hautclere (xiv cent.); Highclere, Highcleer (xvi cent.). The parish of Highclere, the highest of the three Cleres, consists … in the parish of Highcleer, the old one being ruinous and unfitt, which was begun to be plucked down August 18th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… has for ecclesiastical purposes always been a chapelry in the parish of Bremhill (see belowChurch). In 1367 the manor of Highway … 2 Highway was, however, described as a 'parish' in 1702 3 and may have been constituted such by virtue of the Act of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Hildersham HILDERSHAM The parish of Hildersham, 1 covering 1,511 a., 2 lies 9 miles south-east of Cambridge, and extends from the line of the ancient Wool Street in the …