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A History of the County of Worcester
… Parishes Old Swinford OLD SWINFORD Swineforde (xi cent.). The parish of Old Swinford is situated in the north-west of the county … were in 1905 615 acres of arable, 966 of permanent grass and only 7 of woods and plantations, while Amblecote included …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Old Warden OLD WARDEN Wardone (xi, xiii cent.). The parish of Old Warden contains an area of 3,364 acres, the … parishes) being 2,055 arable land, 889 permanent grass and 611 woods and plantations. 1 The last form quite a …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… upon Brouneswold 2 (xv cent.); Old Weston (xiv cent.). The area of this parish is 2,051 acres of mixed soil with a subsoil of clay. About one half of the land is arable and the other half is pasture. There are now only about 11 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xiv cent.). Old Windsor is a fairly large parish, part of which was separated in 1894 to form the new civil parish … which includes a large proportion of the Great Park and part of Virginia Water, has an area of 4,320 acres, of … early in the reign of George III and containing a suite of state apartments, was burnt in 1869. The southern rooms, and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xiv cent.); Olde, Woold, Owlde, Wold or Old (xvi cent.). The parish of Wold 1 contains 2,076 acres and is situated between 300 and 400 ft. above the ordnance …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Acreage: 1,236. Population: 1911, 56; 1921, 66; 1931, 72. The parish of Oldberrow 1 was part of Worcestershire 2 until 1896, when … into which county it penetrated, between Morton Bagot and Ullenhall, as a narrow strip some 3 miles long by about …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Ombersley is a large parish containing 7,129 acres, of which 86 acres are covered by water. It is bordered on the west by the River Severn, on the south by the Salwarpe and on the east by Hadley Brook. The high road from Stourport … built upon posts leading from it to the hall was in a state of ruin past repair. 87 The present mansion, Ombersley …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… St Mary ORCHESTON ST. MARY Orcheston St. Mary lies in the upper Till valley 11 km. WNW. of Amesbury. 1 Before the late 11th century there may have … four estates, probably divisions of it, bore the name, 2 and Orcheston St. Mary parish was formed from two of them. In …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… ORE LIES the next parish north westward from Davington, and is so called from the etymology of it in the Saxon language, signifying a fenny or marshy … and chapels have constantly been excepted) in which state it continues at this time. George Gipps, esq. of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… next parish northward from Dimchurch, wholly in the level of Romney Marsh, and within the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of … demesne lands in Orgariswick, among other places. In which state it afterwards continued, till the dissolution of the …