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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Niton, xix cent.) is a large, somewhat straggling village of thatched cottages lying at the foot of the down of the same name, about 5 miles west of … locality for residence owing to its sheltered position and mild air. Here fuchsia and myrtle flourish as nowhere …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Nockholt NOCKHOLT IS the next parish south eastward from Cowdham. It took its name from the old English words Noke, a corner, and bolt, a wood; a derivation which aptly expresses the situation of this place, at the noke or corner of a wood. This parish …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Noke NOKE This small, irregularly shaped parish of 794 acres, which has the appearance of having been carved out of Islip, lies between Otmoor and the hills of Wood Eaton and Stowood. 1 It lies partly on … was reported on his death in 1863 to be 'in so bad a state of repair, and so ill arranged' as to be unusable, 202 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Nonington NONINGTON. The next parish eastward is Nonington, which lies partly, that is, so much as is within the borough of Kettington, and of Nonington, alias Ratling, in this hundred of Wingham; …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (1316); Normanby in Pickering Lythe (xvii cent.). The parish includes the townships of Normanby and Thornton Riseborough, an area of 2,404 acres, of which, …
A History of the County of Rutland
… each charged with a cross or. Normanton is a small parish of 720 acres of clay land, and is divided from Hambleton on the west by the river Gwash. The road from Hambleton to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… NORMANTON-UPON-SORE. So called from some Owner in the Time of the Saxons probably; for Norman was then a Name frequently used, and ton, or tun, is the same with Town now. This Place before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… NORTH ASTON North Aston lies 8 miles (13 km.) north-east of Woodstock and 2 miles (3 km.) south of Deddington on the river … Bodl. MS. Oxf. Archd. Oxon. c 142, f. 353. 'Table Talk and Papers of Bp. Hough', Collectanea, ii (O.H.S. xvi), 400; …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… NORTH BADDESLEY Bedeslei (xi cent.); Baldisle (xiv cent.). The parish of North Baddesley, in the New Forest division of the county, lies on open heath country, north and south of the road from Romsey to Portsmouth. Its total …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Chartford (xiv cent.); Cherford (xv cent.). In 1831 the parish of North Charford included 'the tithing of South Charford,' but both were originally and are now separate, though small and decayed parishes, …