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Magna Britannia
… MELMERBY, in Leath ward, lies nine miles from Penrith. The manor was parcel of the barony of Adam-Fitz-Swein. In the reign of Henry III. … Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Lord Chancellor, and Lord High Treasurer. Sir Robert Parving had a …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 1317; Melhamby, 1463; Melsanby alias Melsonby (xvii and xviii cent.). Melsonby is composed of the village of Melsonby and part of the township of East …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Mantemore (xiv cent.). Mentmore is a parish consisting of 1,575 acres, of which 396 acres are arable land and 65 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is stiff clay and the subsoil clay. The land, which …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Moenestoke (xiv cent.). Meonstoke parish, covering an area of 2,055 acres, lies five miles north-east of Bishop's Waltham, and about one and a half miles north of Droxford. The village is situated in the extreme west of the parish, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… southward from Nutsted is Meopham, vulgarly called Mepham, and antiently written, Meapaham. 1 MEOPHAM is situated about … London, and nine from Dartford. It is rather a bye out of the way place, lying among the hills, and no well … to be borrowed on them, to supply the necessities of the state; and in 1650, another ordinance passed for the sale of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… xiv cent.); Mepartyshall, Meppersal (xv cent.). The parish of Meppershall has an area of 1,965 acres, of which 1,037 are arable land and 334 permanent grass. 1 There are no woods or plantations. … represent the site of the old manor and are in a fair state of preservation, the chapel now being used as a barn. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1931, 182. This small parish, 1 mile from north to south and 1 miles from east to west, is bounded on the north-east by Watling Street, on the north-west by Waste … Orders in 1880 and 1885 to the Leicestershire parishes of Sheepy, Orton, and Norton-juxta-Twycross. Ouston Grange …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… usually called Merrud. In Domesday it is written Marourde, and in the Textus Roffensis, MRUURTHA, and MERANWYRTHE. THE PARISH of Mereworth is within the district of the Weald, being … of the privycouncil to king Henry VIII. and secretary of state, and dying in 1542, was buried in Mereworth church. His …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 3,099. Population: 1911, 832; 1921, 848; 1931, 911. The parish of Meriden is situated in typical Arden country between Coventry and Birmingham. The village lines the London, Coventry, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Merriott MERRIOTT The Parish of Merriott 1 lies 2 miles north of Crewkerne and is traditionally known as Little Ireland. The distinctive … 164 172857, 165 and fairly complete series of court papers for 1674, 166 172556, 17831918. 167 Courts, described …