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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Wittenham (xiiixix cent.); Great Wittenham (xiv cent.). 1 The Village Cross, Long Wittenham The area of the parish is 2,275 acres, of which considerably over half … arable land; 605 acres are laid down to permanent grass, and there are 42 acres of woods and plantations. 2 An …
A History of the County of Worcester
… (xii cent.); Langdon (xiii cent.). Longdon has an area of 3,941 acres, of which about three-fourths is pasture. 1 Wheat, barley and beans are the chief crops grown. The soil is marl and sandy loam and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Longfield LONGFIELD. THE next parish southward is Longfield, called in old writings Langefeld, and in Domesday Langafel. Longfield is a small parish, long … goes through it, along the valley. At the west end of it, close to the road, is the church, and above it the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Longparish LONGPARISH Middeltune (xi cent.). The name of Longparish does not seem to have been used until about the … of the River Test. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The total area is 5,327 acres, of which 2,884 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… LONGSTOCK Stoches (xi cent.); Longestoke (xiv cent.). The parish of Longstock covers an area of 2,985 acres, of which 27 acres … overlooking the Test valley. The soil is chalk, peat and gravel with a subsoil of chalk, and the chief crops are …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Longstowe LONGSTOWE The parish of Longstowe, comprising 1,544 a., lies about 10 miles west of Cambridge, on the borders of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. It is irregular in outline: its boundary … well timbered with woods and plantations in a thriving state and an abundance of game. 10 The parish continues to be …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Langeworth (xv cent.). Longworth stretches across from the Thames to the Ock, and has an area of 2,291 acres, of which 1,018 acres are arable land, 1,097 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Loose LOOSE. ADJOINING to the parish of Maidstone southward lies that of Loose, written in antient records, Hlose and Lose. It most probably takes its name from the stream … archbishop reserved to himself and successors. In which state they remained till archbishop Cranmer, in the 29th year …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Lopen LOPEN The parish of Lopen, little more than a mile SSW. of South Petherton and half that distance west of Stratton, occupies a roughly …
A History of the County of Durham
… to distinguish it from Over Dinsdale on the Yorkshire side of the Tees, lies on the left bank of this river, which here … from 100 ft. to 170 ft. above sea-level, but at the south and north contact with the Tees the surface descends very … Ibid. no. 4, 8; Surtees, op. cit. iii, 233. Royalist Comp. Papers in Dur. (Surt. Soc.), 309. Surtees, op. cit. iii, 241. …