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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… cent.), Offord Cluny (xiii cent.). Offord Cluny lies to the east of the River Ouse and south of Godmanchester. The parish is lowlying and near …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xiii-xvi cent.); Offord Dacye alias Daynes (xvii cent.) The parish lies low, the land in the west along the banks of the Ouse being liable to floods, but it rises to about 160 ft. in the east. Its area is 1,854 acres of land and 12 of land covered by water. The soil is gravel and clay, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… OFHAM. WESTWARD from Town Malling lies Ofham, called by the Saxons, Offaham; which name it is supposed to have taken from its having been once part of the possessions of Offa, king of Mercia, the most famous … signifying a village or dwelling. Probably from this, and the Roman military way having gone through, or at least …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… stretches west from the river Og across the downs north of Marlborough and Preshute. 1 An estate called Ogbourne existed c. 946 2 … 1803, 1816; W.A.S. Libr., sale cat. ix, no. 17; ibid. Kemm papers, sale cat. W.R.O., land tax; ibid. 212b/5155; …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Ogbourne St. George OGBOURNE ST. GEORGE The parish of Ogbourne St. George, 1,445 ha. (3,571 a.), 1 … of the river Og on the downs 5 km. north of Marlborough and contains the village of Ogbourne St. George and the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Old Alresford OLD ALRESFORD The parish of Old Alresford covers a long sweep of rolling … sea level in the south near the valley of the River Alre and the village of Old Alresford, to a height of 600 ft. in …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Bellaund (xiii cent.). This parish, which lies west of Rievaulx across the River Rye, between Morton and Cold Kirby, is long and narrow, covering about 2,738 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Old Cleeve OLD CLEEVE The Parish of Old Cleeve, 1 so called 2 to distinguish its main … century, 3 occupies a coastal ridge between the Washford and Pill rivers, some 3 km. wide along the shore, and … the Bursar, Selwyn Coll., Cambridge, who holds related papers dating from the mid 18th cent. Dioc. Dir. Valor Eccl. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Whollde Hurst (xvi cent.). The parochial chapelry of Old Hurst or Oldhurst lies in the centre of the hundred of … low-lying ground about Somersham to the east. Old Hurst and Woodhurst no doubt from their names formed at one time a … Ampney St. Peters in Gloucestershire. 31 The composition papers refer to his father-in-law Robert Davis, and to his …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xii cent.); Meauton (early xiii cent.). The parish of Old Malton still included in the 16th century the two … had become separate ecclesiastical parishes by 1831, 1 and were not afterwards ecclesiastically united to Old … fate. Plan of Old Malton Church The nave in its original state was lofty and of fine proportions and was lighted by a …