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A History of the County of Hertford
… (x, xi cent.); Kelshulle, Kelshille (xiii cent.). The parish of Kelshall, containing about 4,703 acres, lies on the chalk … to 300 ft. in the west. The Icknield Way forms the parish and county boundary on the north-west, and near to it on …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Kemerton KEMERTON Kemerton lies 4 miles north-east of Tewkesbury on the south-west slopes of Bredon Hill. It … projected from the northern boundary of Gloucestershire, and in 1931 was transferred to Worcestershire. 1 The parish, … angle pinnacles were added. The church was said to be in a state of decay in 1572, 372 but in 1807 to be in very good …
A History of the County of Worcester
… (ix cent.); Chemesege (xi cent.). Kempsey is a parish on the left bank of the Severn, containing 3,238 acres of land, of which 32 … covered with water. The parish is watered by the Severn and a tributary, the Hatfield Brook. The village of Kempsey …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Kemhestun (xiii, xiv cent.). Kempston is a large parish and straggling village adjoining the south-west district of the town of Bedford. By section 36 of the Local Government …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Otford is KEMSING, called in the Testa de Nevil, CAMESING, and in the Textus Rossensis, CIMICINGA. 1 The name of this place seems to have been given to it from some royal … were vested in trustees, to be sold for the benefit of the state. 28 After the restoration of King Charles II. he was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Kenardington KENARDINGTON. THE next parish southward from Shadoxhurst, a small part of the parish of Woodchurch only intervening, is Kenardington, frequently called and written for shortness, Kenarton, a name supposed to be …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 7,592. The parish, which in early times was heavily wooded and as late as the 17th century had extensive parks … much timber, is now open, with considerable blocks of woodland only in the north, at Stonymoor Wood, and in the … the oriel of the Great Hall and giving access to the state apartments which occupy the south side of the court. On …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Kennington KENNINGTON IS the adjoining parish, northward from Ashford, and was so called, most probably, from its having antiently belonged to some of the Saxon kings during the heptarchy. Kennington, or as it …
A History of the County of Hertford
… (xii cent.); Ikenesworth (xiii cent.); Kenisworye and Keynesworth (xiv cent.); Kneysworth (xvi cent). The parish of Kensworth was transferred to Bedfordshire in 1897, but was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… eastward. It was antiently written Chestan, the found of the Saxon C being often expressed by the letters Ch, and was so called probably quasi Chesterton, i.e. the place … additions since from time to time, to bring it to that state of strength and magnitude which its remains now point …