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A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xvi cent.); Nether Letcombe (xvii cent.). The village of Letcombe Regis lies at the foot of the Berkshire downs, … of one Bunce of Charney, went on a missionary journey to America and the West Indies in 1680. She died in 1690, and … refers to it as 'set in a small grave stone,' but does not state its position. He also refers to a brass plate preserved …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Leveland LEVELAND IS the next parish eastward from Throwley, being but little known, and having no traffic through it. It is a very small parish, … some tolerable good level land towards the south-east part of it; the church stands towards the eastern side of the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… alias Lewsam (xvi cent.); Leavisham (xviiixix cent.). The area of the township and parish is 2,976 acres, of which a large proportion is …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the next westward from Lee. It adjoins westward to Surry, and southward to the hundred of Bromley and Beckenham. This place, called in antient … he and his heirs male for ever, should bear the sword of state before the king, in remembrance of his happy …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Lewknor LEWKNOR The parish lies in the south-west of the hundred which bears … forms a long narrow strip, 2 miles broad at its widest and 5 miles in length from north-west to south-east. In 1959 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… written Laborne. It is called in old records, Leleburne, and Lilleborne, 1 and seems to have taken its name from the … English, little or small, quasi Lytlanborne. THE PARISH of Leyborne is situated both pleasant and healthy, it is in … church, on July the 1st yearly, to examine into the state of the school, and to make such rules and orders for …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… It was called in antient Latin deeds Lesduna, and in others Leysdon, and took its name most probably from … situated mostly on high ground. It is bounded by the isle of Harty on the south, and the cliffs on the sea shore on the … that it prevented their being found in a tolerable perfect state; but these fragments were sufficient to shew, that this …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Liddington LIDDINGTON The parish of Liddington lies to the south-east of Swindon and is a narrow rectangle in shape. It measures c. 4 miles in …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Luddington (xvii cent.). Liddington covers an area of 2,127 acres of good loam and clay land mostly under grass. From the north-west part of … The stair to the rood-loft remains in a very perfect state on the north side of the arch, contained in a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… eastward, being spelt in antient records Leddene. Part of it lies in the hundred of Bewsborough and lath of St. Augustine, and the rest of it, in which is … the whole profits of this church to themselves. In which state it continued till the dissolution of the priory, which …