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A History of the County of Warwick
… by the River Blythe as far north as Blythe Bridge; and on the north from Shustoke, on the east from Fillongley, … by small streams. The soil is good corn-land, though much of it has been converted to pasture for dairy farms, and … In November 1649 and again in October 1651 the Council of State wished to make the castle untenable. 78 In 1745 the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Meare MEARE The ancient parish of Meare, in the 7th century Ferramere, 1 takes its name from the former mere in the broad and shallow valley of the river Brue 5 km. north-west of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xixvii cent.); Ashby Meres, Mears Ashby (xviixx cent.). The parish of Mears Ashby covers 1,670 acres, mainly grassland. The … acres are covered by the Ashby Furze. There are stone and sand pits in the parish. The village is situated in the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Mebbenham (xiv cent.). Medmenham is a parish with an area of 2,442 acres, including 512 acres of arable land, 1,197 acres of permanent grass and 150 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The height of the … Bockmer, frequently mentioned as his country seat in the papers bearing on the trial of Henry Pole Lord Montagu in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Medsted MEDSTED The parish of Medsted, covering an area of 2,484 acres of … on the high country which rises north-east of Alresford and south-west of Alton, and slopes down towards the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Melbourn MELBOURN THE parish of Melbourn 1 lies on either side of the … to the junction of that road with the Icknield Way, and included part of the town of Royston. In 1896 c. 245 a. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… MELCHBOURNE Melceburne (xi cent.). Melchbourne, a parish of 2,637 acres, lies 12 miles north of Bedford. It is well wooded in the south, there being some 300 acres of woods and plantations; the remaining area is arable land and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Milchet, Melchuyt (xv cent.); Melchett (xvii cent.). The parish of Melchet Park, formerly extraparochial, contains 539 acres of land and 2 acres of land covered by water, the greater part of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Meldreth MELDRETH The parish of Meldreth, 1 16 km. south-west of Cambridge, is irregular … fabric was in good repair, but the interior was in a bad state and the Pyke chapel had been disused for many years. … f. 2; E.D.R. (1909), 48. Particulars of manor, 1644; tithe papers penes Mr. Palmer. C.U.L., C.C. 137707. Val. of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Melksham MELKSHAM The ancient parish of Melksham comprised the areas now covered by the urban … and was acquired by the Army in 1929. 595 Agriculture The state of agriculture in Melksham capital manor in the 13th … S.P. 14/71/107; later details are found in the Awdry papers (W.R.O. 78/11). D.L. 43/14/4. Cal. Pat. 13458,450. …